IM MEN, a men's brand created by Miyake Design Office, is holding a special exhibition, "FLY WITH IM MEN," at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3 in Tokyo and ISSEY MIYAKE SEMBA | CREATION SPACE in Osaka. This exhibition allows visitors to experience the worldview of the brand's first collection, which was unveiled at Paris Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2025/26. "21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition View" © ISSEY MIYAKE INC. /Photo: Masaya Yoshimura (Copist)
IM MEN is a brand launched in 2021 that reconstructs Miyake Issey's fundamental philosophy of "a piece of cloth" from a new perspective, focusing on the male body, exploring its possibilities through the development of clothing structures and materials. The brand's name is derived from "I'm Product," a brand previously developed by Miyake Design Office from the late 1970s through the 1990s, which practiced product design based on human creativity and sensibility. IM MEN continues this spirit into the present day, integrating design and engineering and engaging in creative team dialogue to create new clothing.

"21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition View" © ISSEY MIYAKE INC. /Photo: Masaya Yoshimura (Copist)
"FLY WITH IM MEN" is a Japanese re-creation of the exhibition of the same name that was held shortly after the brand's debut at Paris Fashion Week. Centered around the brand's core concept of "a piece of cloth," the exhibition features installations that convey the structure of the clothing and the details of the fabric in three dimensions.

"21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition View" ©FASHION HEADLINE
The exhibition introduces unique fabrics developed by combining traditional weaving and dyeing with cutting-edge technology. The exhibition visualizes how fabric is structured on the body, using a space between two and three dimensions. The IM MEN team, who combine knowledge of both design and engineering, have created this fabric through repeated discussions and prototyping, and the entire venue allows visitors to experience the process.

"21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition View" ©FASHION HEADLINE
This exhibition transcends creativity in a wide range of fields, including not only fashion but also architecture, products and art, and is an attempt to explore how clothing can reconnect with future society. It is an ambitious attempt that suggests that clothing, as a medium, is not just something to wear, but can also be a device to stimulate thought.

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Starting this month, IM MEN has begun selling the collection presented in Paris in stores around the world. The products featured in this exhibition are just a selection of those collections, providing an opportunity to reexamine the quiet strength and potential of "a single piece of fabric."

"21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition View" ©FASHION HEADLINE
What is clothing? What should fabric be like? And what kind of relationship does it have with the body? IM MEN presents a message that goes beyond materials and structure, but questions the very philosophy behind clothing making.

"21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3 Entrance" ©FASHION HEADLINE


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