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Kappa vs ISSEY MIYAKE: similarities and differences

Compare brand traits, similarities and differences.

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Kappa

Italy Founded 1967

Sporty & sportswear · Streetwear · Outdoor & functional

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

    Kappa shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

  • Kappa (solid line, circles)
  • ISSEY MIYAKE (dashed line, squares)
Traits of Kappa and ISSEY MIYAKE, shown relative to each brand.
How to read the chart

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.

  • Kappa
  • ISSEY MIYAKE
Minimal & basics
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Polished & dressy
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Luxury & heritage
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Avant-garde & designer
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Decoration & playfulness
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Streetwear
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Trends & youth culture
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ISSEY MIYAKE：Relative prominence within the brand
Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
Kappa
ISSEY MIYAKE
Country Italy Japan
Founded 1967 1970
Category Clothing Clothing
Other categories Bags Accessories Footwear Eyewear Bags Accessories Footwear Watches Fragrance Lifestyle products Textiles and material technology Art projects

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

Kappa

  • KAPPA KONTROLL

    KAPPA KONTROLL is a spin-off line that reinterprets and develops Kappa’s archives and performance el...

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  • KAPPA AUTHENTIC

    KAPPA AUTHENTIC is a lifestyle-oriented sub-label officially introduced by Kappa, offering collectio...

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  • KAPPA 222 BANDA

    KAPPA 222 BANDA is an iconic Kappa collection centered on continuous tape featuring the Omini logo (...

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  • Robe di Kappa

    Robe di Kappa is a brand that emerged in 1968 as an offshoot of Kappa, and develops casualwear prima...

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ISSEY MIYAKE

Collaborations

Kappa

  • 2025-03-27

    Acne Studios

    An SS25 capsule by Kappa and Acne Studios, featuring 22 styles in total, including retro football jerseys, tracksuits, sneakers, and Bowlina bags.

Kappa collaborations

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.

ISSEY MIYAKE collaborations

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