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Issey Miyake Presents 'Being Garments, Being Sentient' at the Centre Pompidou

Satoshi Kondo recast clothing as an active agent through engineered silhouettes set to Tarek Atoui’s live soundscape.

Overview

  • The Spring 2026 outing in Paris positioned the wearer as serving the garment’s will, with pieces that oriented posture and choreographed gait.
  • Construction remapped the body through sleeve-like panels on trousers, single-sheet wraps, displaced jacket openings, and shoulders that rose into compact lines.
  • A dedicated series drew on plants pushing through pavement, rendered as seamlessly knitted tubular forms with versatile points of entry.
  • Critics admired the movement-led engineering yet warned that stuffed nets, visible boxes, and object-laden looks edged into prop theater and could blur day-to-day wearability.
  • Branded shoe boxes on the runway signaled an ongoing footwear collaboration as models moved through the Centre Pompidou to a live electronic score.