Brand profile

Bao Bao

Japanese accessories label from ISSEY MIYAKE INC., known for bags made of PVC triangle grids that shift from flat panels into geometric forms.

TokyoOrigin

UnisexFocus

Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle

$$$Price

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What to know about Bao Bao

Triangles do the structural work

Bags are grids of PVC triangles stitched onto mesh, so flat panels fold into faceted three-dimensional shapes as they fill up.

An Issey Miyake accessories house

It is the accessories label of ISSEY MIYAKE INC., spun off in autumn/winter 2010 from a mesh concept first used on the early-2000s Bilbao bag.

Learn the named lines

Recognition comes from specific families: Lucent totes, Prism, Kuru and Rock pouches, and the injection-moulded Dazzle series, all still designed in Tokyo.

Known forBags & backpacks

StyleMinimalist / Contemporary Avant-garde Streetwear

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GENTLE MONSTER

$$$Statement eyewearSeoul, South Korea

Sculptural accessories with gallery-style retail theatre

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TELFAR

$$Cult toteNew York City, United States

One instantly recognisable geometric tote as the whole story

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JW Anderson

$$$$Design-led bagsLondon, United Kingdom

Craft-led sculptural design with a strong bag hardware idea

What changes: Full runway ready-to-wear at luxury pricing

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$$$Art-school wardrobeCopenhagen, Denmark

Artist-run approach to shape and sculptural volume

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Brand facts

BAO BAO ISSEY MIYAKE is the accessories label of Japan's ISSEY MIYAKE INC., launched as a standalone brand with the autumn/winter 2010 collection after the triangle-mesh concept first appeared on the early-2000s Bilbao bag under Pleats Please. Bags are built from grids of PVC triangles stitched to mesh, so flat panels shift into faceted three-dimensional shapes as they fill. Core lines include Lucent totes, Prism, Kuru and Rock pouches, plus the injection-moulded Dazzle series. Design continues in-house in Tokyo following founder Issey Miyake's death in 2022.

Founded: 2010
Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Made in: Japan
Price: $$$
Focus: Unisex
Facts checked: August 2026
Styles: Minimalist / Contemporary, Avant-garde, Streetwear

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