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Conceptual Tokyo pattern-cutting, sub-label universe
What changes: Punk-leaning deconstruction rather than textile engineering
Brand profile
Issey Miyake
Japanese house founded in 1970, known for engineered pleating, A-POC construction and Bao Bao bags across its Pleats Please and Homme Plissé lines.
TokyoOrigin
UnisexFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Issey Miyake
Garments start as engineered textiles
The house designs through fabric processes first: heat-pressed pleating, A-POC single-thread construction, and the triangle-tiled Bao Bao bag panels.
Know which line you're buying
It runs as a group of lines, so menswear shoppers should look to Homme Plissé for pleated clothing and Pleats Please for the original heat-set pieces.
High prices, technical not opulent
The premium sits in construction and machinery rather than heritage luxury materials, which is why pleated trousers and nylon bags anchor the range.
How Issey Miyake fits
Overall fit
slightly large
Most wearers find Issey Miyake, especially Homme Plissé, cuts on the roomy, sculptural side with elastic-waist and pleated pieces that stretch well beyond their nominal size, so the labelled Japanese number often wears larger than the equivalent Western letter size.
Tip: Take your usual numeric equivalent (2 ≈ S/M, 3 ≈ M/L) and size down one if you want anything close to a regular fit, since the pleats stretch generously.
Medium confidence · based on 14 sources
By category
| Category | Runs | Shape | Size advice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirts & overshirts | runs large | very relaxed, tunic-like, with wide sleeves and little waist shaping | Sizing down one number is common unless you want the full volume the design intends. |
| Trousers & pants | slightly large | elastic-waist, relaxed to wide through the hip and thigh | The stretch waistband is forgiving, so pick by hip/thigh volume and expect to shorten the leg. |
| Jackets | slightly large | unstructured and airy rather than tailored, with room for layering | Your normal number works over knitwear; size down if you want it to sit closer to the body. |
| T-shirts & graphic tees | slightly large | boxy with dropped shoulders and a wide body | Size 2 tends to read S/M and 3 M/L, so drop a number if you dislike a boxy silhouette. |
Directional fit consensus summarized from public sources with AI — a starting point, not a guarantee. Confirm with the product's own measurements before buying.
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Issey Miyake fit questions
Does Issey Miyake run big or small?
Issey Miyake fits slightly large. Take your usual numeric equivalent (2 ≈ S/M, 3 ≈ M/L) and size down one if you want anything close to a regular fit, since the pleats stretch generously. Most wearers find Issey Miyake, especially Homme Plissé, cuts on the roomy, sculptural side with elastic-waist and pleated pieces that stretch well beyond their nominal size, so the labelled Japanese number often wears larger than the equivalent Western letter size.
How does Issey Miyake fit?
Most wearers find Issey Miyake, especially Homme Plissé, cuts on the roomy, sculptural side with elastic-waist and pleated pieces that stretch well beyond their nominal size, so the labelled Japanese number often wears larger than the equivalent Western letter size. Overall shape: relaxed, drapey and often boxy with dropped shoulders; pleated pieces expand to the body rather than fitting it.
How do Issey Miyake shirts & overshirts fit?
Issey Miyake shirts & overshirts runs large. Sizing down one number is common unless you want the full volume the design intends. Shape: very relaxed, tunic-like, with wide sleeves and little waist shaping.
How do Issey Miyake trousers & pants fit?
Issey Miyake trousers & pants fits slightly large. The stretch waistband is forgiving, so pick by hip/thigh volume and expect to shorten the leg. Shape: elastic-waist, relaxed to wide through the hip and thigh.
How do Issey Miyake jackets fit?
Issey Miyake jackets fits slightly large. Your normal number works over knitwear; size down if you want it to sit closer to the body. Shape: unstructured and airy rather than tailored, with room for layering.
Brand facts
Issey Miyake is a Japanese house founded in April 1970, when Issey Miyake established Miyake Design Studio in Tokyo; it remains the group's independent parent company after the designer's death in 2022. The brand builds garments through textile engineering: heat-pressed Pleats Please pieces, A-POC single-thread construction, and triangle-tiled Bao Bao bags. Satoshi Kondo leads the womenswear runway line, while Homme Plissé covers pleated menswear and was guest of honour at Pitti Uomo in June 2025. In November 2025 it released the 3D-knitted iPhone Pocket with Apple.
- Founded
- 1970
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Made in
- Japan
- Price
- $$$$
- Typical prices
- Tops $323–$522 · Knitwear $321–$542 · Trousers $726–$1252
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Avant-garde, Minimalist / Contemporary, Techwear