The late, great Issey Miyake was known for many things: his technical prowess; his thrilling application of color; his innate understanding of the human form. A great purveyor of door-busting deals, however, he was not.
Which is why, upon discovering a grip of the Japanese designer’s iconic pleated grails at ludicrously low prices at Matches, our jaws hit the floor and our bloggin’ fingers sprung into action. Homme Plissé Issey Miyake rarely goes on sale at all, so we urge you to seize this chance to snag some of the smartest, comfiest, most flattering designer gear on the planet at bargain-basement prices. Our beloved Issey trousers are available for as little as $200—a whopping 50% off the sticker price. A Steven Yeun-approved sportcoat is also half off, as is that one drapey zip-up you always see in the front row at Paris Fashion Week.
Of course, sizes are extremely limited, and there’s no telling how long these discounts will last. (For a limited time, if you spend more than $250 and enter the code EXTRA20, you’ll get an extra 20% off, too.) Hop on over to Matches to grab as much of this effortless, seasonless garb as you can, and then wear it into the ground from now until the end of time.
Pleated Issey Pieces for a Pittance
Way back during the fleece-addled days of 2021, GQ Style Editor Yang-Yi Goh waxed poetic on Homme Plissé’s signature pleated plants, an exponentially more stylish alternative to the shapeless terry sweats of the quarantine era. Miyake’s trademark fabric is an enigma of a material, Goh wrote, “about as resilient and wrinkle-averse as your hardest Carhartt gear, but also more graceful and effortlessly polished than a Charlie Parker solo.” The long, blurry days of lockdown might be behind us, but all that is still true—and the qualities that made Miyake’s pleated pants damn-near essential then haven’t changed in the interim.
Not sure what to wear with your swishiest new pants? You’re in luck: Not only did Issey Miyake make it easy for you to ixnay the sweats, he knew exactly what to wear their replacements with—even more Issey Miyake. Suit up in matching shades of slate gray, or mix and match your fire-engine red shorts with an icy-blue track jacket like you’re a junior lecturer in color theory.
These days, Miyake’s revolutionary pleats grace a whole lot more than just trousers and jackets. The Japanese designer—or, at least, the brand that bears his name—also applies the same method to slinky, sculptural, torso-skimming shirts, many of which Matches is offloading at stupefying prices. Plenty of brands have since jacked Miyake’s flow, but Homme Plissé remains the OG of the genre. Want to be on the right side of fashion history? Do yourself a favor and grab a pleated shirt from the label that did it first—and still does it best.
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