Presented on Friday, March 7 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, the ISSEY MIYAKE Autumn Winter 2025/26 collection [N]either [N]or explores the concept of ambiguity as an attempt to connect contrasting elements through materiality, form, and meaning.

This idea draws inspiration from the work of Austrian artist Erwin Wurm—his approach, which transforms common objects in original and creative ways, forces the viewer to look at reality from a new perspective. When clothes are designed in this way, they not only challenge convention by questioning the ordinary, but also generate a doubt about trying to define what seemed obvious. The liminal and sometimes disorienting characteristics of these garments can represent a new aesthetic in the making. Ambiguity offers the freedom to wear a garment in different ways and the thrill of discovering the infinite interpretations it holds.

KNIT (AS REPRESENTED)
A dialogue between abstract and concrete, 2D and 3D

The use of still life photographs from the KNIT (AS IT IS) series translated into garment prints gives life to a new interpretation that moves between 2D and 3D. This is made possible by the latest printing technologies, capable of reproducing high-quality images vividly and faithfully on a variety of materials. The drape and silhouettes of the prints visually merge with those of the garments, creating an optical illusion.

KNIT (AS IT IS)
Exploring the boundary between abstract and concrete, body and sculpture

The organic shape is born from the combination of different knitted structures, as if the empty space between the wearer’s body and the garment itself is sculpted. The sculptural and fluid style of the garments is further enhanced by the seamless knit technology, which allows for a seamless knit.

LIKE TORSOLIKE SHIRT
LIKE TORSO LIKE BLAZER
Dresses or sculptures?

This series explores the shape of the shirt and jacket as sculptural pieces. Washi paper, cotton and wool are used to recreate the surface texture of a sculpture, while stretch yarn adds softness to the fabric. The garments are put on by zipping up, creating sculptural shapes that adapt to each individual.

ODD SHIRT
ODD SHIRT (STRIPES)
Freedom to wear

The front panel can be transformed into a sleeve thanks to the additional buttons, and the shirt can be rotated to insert the arms into different sleeves, offering the wearer endless styling possibilities. The stripes, with blurred edges, are obtained with yarns dyed in a gradient of four different colors.

PAPER BAG
PAPER BAG (POSTER)
Can anything be considered a dress, if it is worn?

Starting from this idea, a paper bag is transformed into an item of clothing. The print on the garments reproduces the design of a poster for an imaginary exhibition, set on the date and time of the Fall/Winter 2025/26 fashion show. The title of the exhibition is Abstract, Concrete, and In-Between.

COLLAPSING SCULPTURE
Between simplicity and complexity

The pieces are formed from a simple bi-tubular construction, obtained by accordion-folding a single piece of fabric. The material, a combination of washi paper and cotton woven with stretch yarn, is both structured and flexible, enhancing the sculptural aspect of the pieces. Each piece can be worn through either of the two joined tubes, offering different styling and silhouette possibilities.

GENERIC STRIPES (MACHINE PLEATS)
GENERIC STRIPES (HAND PLEATS)
Making the ordinary extraordinary

A striped pattern is distorted through the combined use of straight machine pleats and curved hand pleats, and further transformed through additional pleats. The overlay of a transparent fabric creates an optical illusion, blurring the boundaries between the stripes and the lines of the pleats.

PANINI
Questioning the viewer’s preconceptions

Giving a sense of rigidity to something that should be soft, exploring the interaction that lies in between. Combining wool and alpaca yarns with thermoplastic synthetic fibers, the fabric hardens when heat-pressed, forming crisp edges and a slight sheen—an unusual effect for knitwear. The result is an oversized knit with a structured, defined silhouette that balances stiffness and softness.

CAMPER × ISSEY MIYAKE

Peu Form is the first shoe style to mark the launch of a new collaboration with Camper. This partnership between the two brands, both with over fifty years of history and experience, celebrates creativity and functionality, promoting the values ​​of craftsmanship in everyday life. Designed by Satoshi Kondo around the concept of “a piece of fabric,” Peu Form is the latest addition to Camper’s Peu family, born from the synergy between the iconic barefoot model and ISSEY MIYAKE’s attention to the human body. The destructured shape—a single piece of leather that wraps and adapts to the foot—explores flexibility by adapting to the wearer’s movement. The shoes can also be worn as clogs, by lowering the heel counter.

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