BEAUTY: Clothing--IM Men

The Issey Miyake brand decided to retire their Homme Plissé runway from the Paris schedule although the line still continues to be produced. The replacement is something called IM Men (Issey Miyake Men) and their first presentation was at Paris Fashion Week for the FW '26-'26 season. While the pleats remain with the Plissé line, this new IM line demonstrates the Miyake sensibility beautifully. Garments are architectural, Asian, dramatic...many pieces were based on the idea of a square or rectangular piece of fabric and what can be created within that parameter. The resulting extra fabric flows and billows around the wearer. In fact, at the end of the show--in the video at bottom--models disassembled their ensembles into said rectangles and proceeded to run around the event space as though in flight. It is a sweet, evocative gesture that reminds me of childhood...

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