Coats that convert into cushions and scarves that can be worn as hats feature in the latest collection from fashion brand Issey Miyake, created in collaboration with French designer Ronan Bouroullec.
Presented during the Homme Plissé Issey Miyake Autumn Winter 2024 menswear show in Paris, the collection reinterprets Bouroullec's growing body of abstract drawings into a collection of garments and accessories.
Ronan Bouroullec's drawings informed the Issey Miyake Homme Plissé AW24 collection
The collaboration with Homme Plissé Issey Miyake, an offshoot of Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake, comes after Bouroullec told Dezeen in an interview last year that he had turned down numerous requests from fashion designers who were keen to use his artworks. "I didn't want my drawings to be used as patterns," he said at the time.
Asymmetrical garments reflect white spaces found on the page
Instead, the new collection focused more on translating the spirit of the various artworks, according to the design team at Homme Plissé Issey Miyake.
"The interpretation of creative visuals goes beyond turning them into motifs and patterns," the team explained.
"The body of work acts as ingredients to be incorporated into the design and making of the collection, forming a harmonious creative process."
Multicoloured scarves represent individual brushstrokes
The gradient strokes of Bouroullec's felt-tip drawings, for example, were transposed onto garments fashioned f...