Issey Miyake’s Spring/Summer 2023 menswear collection is an organic approach to runway and design

Yesterday at La Poste du Louvre in Paris, Issey Mikaye offered Flowers and Vases, its Homme Plissé Spring/Summer season 2023 assortment. The present was directed by Rachid Ouramdane, director on the Théâtre Nationwide de Chaillot, and featured a blended forged of fashions and performers. Acrobats from the Compagnie XY stoop atop one another’s shoulders, embodying a non-traditional strategy to the style present the place no house is out of bounds: the vertical is accessible, and the runway has no set course.

Aptly named, the gathering drew inspiration from the types of flowers and vases. The FLIP collection, as an example, boasts upside-down, snap-fastened pockets, whose purposeful design is derived from the method of a blooming bud. The VASE collection emulates the form of a sturdy vessel, presenting gradual, refined curves that taper in on the neck. Issey Miyake’s signature pleats seem in formalwear units, customizable pants, and outsized tunics. The COTTON BOLLS print collection is a break from stable shade, introducing plant-inspired motifs on jackets and sleeveless tops.

“The present expresses the duality discovered within the assortment in a efficiency that’s each nonetheless and dynamic, regular, and swift,” reads the label’s press launch. “The design explores the distinction between flowers and vases, thereby introducing a collective presence that’s refined and but robust.”