Issey Miyake Displays a Canvas of Colors at Paris Fashion Week

A white, sanitized runway inside Paris' Palais de Tokyo was adorned with pleated garments on Thursday, displayed like paintings on its walls.

The spectacle hinted at the theme of Issey Miyake's display – fusing fashion and drawings by French artist Ronan Bouroullec to find a quiet power. The collaboration at Paris Fashion Week made for an unusually poetical collection, and one unafraid of color.

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Miyake's Art Lesson

Bursting onto the scene with a kaleidoscope of imagination, the Homme Plisse Issey Miyake collection was a journey through texture and color.

In this season's offerings, the sparing use of Bouroullec's vivid drawings on the house's loose, pared-down iconic pleats created an understated impact. Each garment moved fluidly and with a vibrancy. The garment-canvasses brought an artistic vision into the realm of wearable art, marrying the ethereal drawings with the tangible, moving nature of clothes. In many instances, it felt like a dance of shadow and light, where the pleats seemed to bring the drawings to life, creating an illusion of movement even in stillness.

Among the myriad dreamlike moments in this inspired display were striking moments of color-blocking. One model held a voluminous vermilion red fabric abstractly in his hand, powerfully contrasting with a green arm and a black tunic. It made for a bold interplay.

Delving deeper into the heart of the collection, Bouroullec reflected on the collaboration, calling it "an extraordinary experience."

"I discovered many things ... about what my work has in common and in contrast with clothing design," Bouroullec said.

It was not just the synergy, he said, but also the distance between the two disciplines that made this project come to life, redefining the limits of fashion as a form of artistic expression.