Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake's Autumn Winter 2020 collection features bodysuits with origami folds, multi-person rainbow knitwear and zip-off puffer outfits designed by Satoshi Kondo.

The runway show, presented at the Lycée Carnot as part of Paris Fashion Week, was called Making Speaking, Speaking Making.
Kondo, who took over as head designer of Issey Miyake in 2019, said this collection explored how the naive joy of engaging the senses with colour and tactility could "connect beyond languages and cultures by the feelings we share".

Two of the models walked onto the runway in shimmering bodysuits made from gauzy fabric folded in intricate origami patterns. The silky body suits created flowing movements as the models raised their arms and wafted around each other. Billowing pleated garments are an Issey Miyake stalwart. The same tessellated triangle pattern appears on the brand's signature Bao Bao bag.

The show opened with a sheet of paper stretched across the back wall, with a single stylised figure outlined in thick black pen drawn in the middle.
Two assistants walked on and drew two more figures either side of the central one. Assistants then cut around the lines to leave a trio of person-size cutouts.

Models wearing white structured garments with black outlines stepped into the gaps, like 2D drawings of clothing come to life.
Kondo made these outfits using a system called A-POC, or A Piece Of Cloth, which uses computer programming to produce each it...