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HEAD vs ISSEY MIYAKE: similarities and differences

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HEAD

United States Founded 1950

Sporty & sportswear · Outdoor & functional · Polished & dressy

ISSEY MIYAKE

Japan Founded 1970

Avant-garde & designer · Luxury & heritage · Decoration & playfulness

Similarities and differences

Shared traits

  • Both brands show traits of Polished & dressy.

Different traits

  • Avant-garde & designer

    ISSEY MIYAKE shows a stronger emphasis

  • Sporty & sportswear

    HEAD shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

  • HEAD (solid line, circles)
  • ISSEY MIYAKE (dashed line, squares)
Traits of HEAD and ISSEY MIYAKE, shown relative to each brand.
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Traits farther from the centre are more prominent within each brand. The chart uses the same relative display as the brand profile. Area does not indicate brand quality or absolute differences between brands.

Traits by category

Bar lengths show how prominent each trait is within each brand.

  • HEAD
  • ISSEY MIYAKE
Minimal & basics
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Polished & dressy
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Luxury & heritage
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Avant-garde & designer
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Decoration & playfulness
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Streetwear
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Trends & youth culture
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Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
HEAD
ISSEY MIYAKE
Country United States Japan
Founded 1950 1970
Category Lifestyle products Clothing
Other categories Clothing Accessories Footwear Bags Accessories Footwear Watches Fragrance Lifestyle products Textiles and material technology Art projects

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

HEAD

  • HEAD Sportswear

    HEAD Sportswear is the apparel division within HEAD Sport GmbH, responsible for planning, manufactur...

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ISSEY MIYAKE

Collaborations

HEAD

No information is available.

ISSEY MIYAKE

  • 2026-01-05

    ASICS

    ISSEY MIYAKE FOOT, jointly developed by MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO and ASICS. Functional footwear that reinterprets HYPER TAPING. The first model was released commercially in 2026.

  • 2025-07-15

    Camper

    ISSEY MIYAKE and Camper announced and released the “Peu Form” capsule collection. The shoes reinterpret Camper’s Peu series through Issey Miyake’s approach to fabric.

  • 2024-05-15

    New Balance

    ISSEY MIYAKE and New Balance announced their first collaborative sneaker project. It launched first in Japan on May 15, 2024, followed by a global release on June 14, 2024.

  • 2016-10-05

    United Nude

    A footwear collaboration between ISSEY MIYAKE and United Nude. The project presented shoes featuring structural heel designs and wrap designs.

  • Seiko

    Naoto Fukasawa joined the ISSEY MIYAKE WATCH project and presented representative works such as TWELVE, deepening his collaboration with SEIKO on watch design.

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