ISSEY MIYAKE

ISSEY MIYAKE MEN is a line that has been responsible for Issey Miyake’s traditional menswear collections and has long served as a platform for developing patterns and researching materials for menswear. In recent years, changes to the organizational structure have accompanied a review of the brand’s structure, and a transition to new menswear offerings such as IM MEN is underway. It is positioned as having a historical role as the core of the traditional menswear line.

ISSEY MIYAKE PARFUMS is a line that began its fragrance business with the launch of L'EAU D'ISSEY in 1992. Through joint development by Miyake Design Studio and external partners, it expresses the brand through fragrance. It embodies the brand’s philosophy in a sensory domain distinct from clothing and has developed multiple fragrances over the years as a business area.

PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE is an independent line established in the 1990s, based on Issey Miyake’s research into pleats. Its core is a garment-pleating technique applied after sewing. It systematizes everyday clothing made from lightweight, washable materials and, while maintaining a distinct position from the conceptual expressions of the main collection, serves as the brand’s largest-scale outlet for implementing pleating techniques.

Launched in 2000, HaaT is a textile-oriented sub-brand that works with factories and artisans in Japan and abroad under the direction of its director, creating pieces centered on materials and craft. It emphasizes building relationships with producers and collaborating on techniques, presenting a collection on a distinct track from Issey Miyake’s main apparel lines, with a craft-oriented approach.

me ISSEY MIYAKE is a daily-oriented line launched in 2000, centered on tops that are lightweight, compact, and easy to care for. Its signature technology is stretch pleating that expands vertically and horizontally. With designs that can be worn like T-shirts and a wide range of colors and patterns that allow for versatile styling, it serves as an alternative point of entry for incorporating Issey Miyake’s techniques into everyday life.

ISSEY MIYAKE WATCH is a wristwatch project that began in 2001. It involves multiple product designers and develops Japanese-made analog watches through collaborations with Seiko and others. It carries out cohesive product design, from design through packaging, and serves to present the brand philosophy in a product field distinct from clothing.

ISSEY MIYAKE FÊTE was a women's line developed in the 2000s, comprising collections that incorporated pleating techniques originating from PLEATS PLEASE while exploring expressions through color and pattern. It complemented the main line with a distinct range of vivid colors and patterns, and played a role in contributing to the brand's diversity.

132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE is a line launched in 2010, centered on experimentation with materials and structures through folding constructions that transform flat forms into three-dimensional ones and through algorithmic pattern design. It also emphasizes product functionality, including flattening for portability and the introduction of recycled materials, and serves to expand the brand’s technical range through geometric forms and folding techniques.

Bao Bao Issey Miyake originated in 2000 as “Bilbao” and began to develop as an independent brand in 2010. This bag line is characterized by a design that places numerous triangular components on a mesh base, creating a structure that can shift from flat to three-dimensional depending on the contents. It occupies an independent position within the accessories field, pursuing technical challenges through geometric expressions of materials and structure.

IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE is a series that applies folding and layered-structure techniques developed through 132 5. and other projects to lighting products, and has been commercialized as lamps through a collaboration with Artemide. It uses the shadows created by the folds and layers of fabric as a design element, extending material and structural ideas developed in apparel into spatial products.

HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE is a menswear-only pleated line launched in 2013. It applies garment-pleating technology to menswear products to create lightweight everyday clothing that resists wrinkling. Distinct from other sub-lines focused primarily on womenswear, it emphasizes men’s sizing and functionality, and has a clearly defined role within the brand in developing pleated expressions for men.

ISSEY MIYAKE EYES is an eyewear line developed in collaboration between MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO and Kaneko Optical. It plans and produces frames and sunglasses drawing on Japanese optical technology and craftsmanship. Distinct from clothing-focused sub-lines, it functions as a partnership brand specializing in eyewear design and manufacturing.

GOOD GOODS ISSEY MIYAKE is a line launched in 2018 specializing in accessories and small goods. Based on research by the design team, it plans and produces highly practical products. Through its stores and curation, it presents small goods that revisit materials and functions, complementing the brand’s product design along an axis distinct from apparel.

A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE inherits the concept of “A Piece Of Cloth (A-POC)” and is a line that reconfigures clothing design and production processes through engineering techniques such as knitting and integral molding. Centered on technological development and collaboration by the team, it occupies a position within the brand that leads conceptual and technological exploration, including applications beyond clothing to products and lighting.

ISSEY MIYAKE FOOT is a joint research and development project by MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO and ASICS that designs footwear based on anatomical and functional research into the foot. It combines ASICS’s sports science with Issey Miyake’s knowledge of materials and structure, serving as an extension into the field of footwear that explores new wearing comfort and functionality.