# ISSEY MIYAKE

> ISSEY MIYAKE is a ready-to-wear label based in Tokyo, Japan, started in 1970. Behind the label: Founded by Issey Miyake (died 2022); collection design by Satoshi Kondo. Known for clothes developed from the idea of “a piece of cloth”, and garment pleating.

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- Facts checked: 2026-10-22
- Author: Kaiser Khan (Founder & Editor)

## Quick facts

- Behind the label: Founded by Issey Miyake (died 2022); collection design by Satoshi Kondo
- Based: Tokyo, Japan
- Since: 1970
- Focus: Ready-to-wear
- Makes: Womenswear, IM MEN menswear and lines including Pleats Please
- Official site: https://www.isseymiyake.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isseymiyakeofficial/

## Who is behind ISSEY MIYAKE?

Issey Miyake set up the Miyake Design Studio in 1970 and presented his first collection in New York in 1971; the house still builds its clothes from his idea of “a piece of cloth”, starting with its own materials. The Kyoto Costume Institute holds the moulded plastic bodice that closed his Autumn/Winter 1980 Paris show. Pleats, first shown in 1988, became the standalone Pleats Please brand from Spring/Summer 1994. Miyake died in Tokyo on 5 August 2022, aged 84. Satoshi Kondo, formerly lead designer of Pleats Please, has designed the main collection since Spring/Summer 2020, and the Fédération lists the IM MEN menswear line as designed by a team. Both showed on every official Paris calendar we checked, FW24 to SS27.

## Timeline

- 1970: Issey Miyake establishes the Miyake Design Studio. (source: https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/09/japanese-designer-issey-miyake-dies/)
- 1971: Presents his first collection, in New York. (source: https://www.isseymiyake.com/pages/isseymiyake)
- 1994: Pleats Please Issey Miyake starts as a brand of its own with the Spring/Summer 1994 season. (source: https://www.isseymiyake.com/pages/pleatsplease)
- September 2019: Satoshi Kondo is named womenswear designer; his first show, for SS20, is set for 27 September in Paris. (source: https://fashionunited.uk/news/people/issey-miyake-announces-new-womenswear-designer/2019090345062)
- 5 August 2022: Issey Miyake dies in Tokyo, aged 84. (source: https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/09/japanese-designer-issey-miyake-dies/)
- 2 October 2026: Shows SS27 womenswear on the official Paris calendar. (source: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/upcoming-seasons-and-previous-editions)

## Sources

- [FHCM — Issey Miyake house page](https://www.fhcm.paris/en/house/issey-miyake) — checked 2026-10-22
- [ISSEY MIYAKE — brand page (official site, Japanese)](https://www.isseymiyake.com/pages/isseymiyake) — checked 2026-10-22
- [ISSEY MIYAKE — Pleats Please brand page (official site, Japanese)](https://www.isseymiyake.com/pages/pleatsplease) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Dezeen — Issey Miyake dies aged 84 (9 August 2022)](https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/09/japanese-designer-issey-miyake-dies/) — checked 2026-10-22
- [FashionUnited — Issey Miyake names Satoshi Kondo womenswear designer (September 2019)](https://fashionunited.uk/news/people/issey-miyake-announces-new-womenswear-designer/2019090345062) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Kyoto Costume Institute — Issey Miyake bodice, Autumn/Winter 1980](https://www.kci.or.jp/en/archives/digital_archives/1980s/KCI_259) — checked 2026-10-22
- [FHCM — official calendars, FW24 to SS27](https://www.fhcm.paris/en/upcoming-seasons-and-previous-editions) — checked 2026-10-22