94% matchPLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE
Sibling Miyake line: heat-pleated, machine-washable polyester
What changes: Everyday pleated staples rather than fold-flat origami geometry
Brand profile
132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE
Issey Miyake's Reality Lab line, making origami-folded garments from recycled polyester that flatten into geometric shapes and open into three-dimensional forms.
TokyoOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$$$Price
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What to know about 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE
Garments fold flat into geometry
Each piece is cut from a single sheet of recycled polyester that collapses into a flat geometric shape and opens into a three-dimensional form on the body.
Built on computational origami research
The line came out of a decade of folding research in Issey Miyake's Reality Lab, using software developed with mathematician Jun Mitani.
Japanese craft, Japanese production
Collections use traditional methods such as itajime clamp dyeing, and manufacturing stays in Japan, which explains the very high price tier.
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Brand facts
132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE is the Reality Lab line of Tokyo-based Issey Miyake Inc., launched in 2010 after a decade of research into computational origami with software developed by scientist Jun Mitani. Garments are formed from single pieces of recycled polyester that fold flat into geometric two-dimensional shapes and spring into sculptural three-dimensional forms when worn. The name reads as one cloth, a three-dimensional form folded into two dimensions, worn in a fifth dimension. Collections apply Japanese craft methods such as itajime clamp dyeing, and production stays in Japan.
- Founded
- 2010
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Made in
- Japan
- Price
- $$$$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Avant-garde, Minimalist / Contemporary