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Pleats Please by Issey Miyake
Featured Collection – Spring/Summer 2001
Pleats Please collections were first launched in 1993. Made from single pieces of high quality 100% polyester fabric, the innovation behind Pleats Please are that the clothes are first cut and sewn together two-and-a-half to three times larger than the finished garments. Individual pieces are hand fed into a heat press sandwiched between two sheets of paper. The garment then emerges with permanent pleats. This industrial process allows both texture and form to be created at the same time. Vertical, horizontal and zig-zag pleating is used to create varying effects and architectural shapes.
Pleats Please clothes are very functional and practical; the garments store easily, travel well, require no ironing and can be machine-washed and dried within minutes. Shapes are simple, colours diverse. A set of standard colours is available each season, to which are added seasonal colours and prints.
The Spring/Summer 2001 collection celebrates the world of natural light and shadow and includes the following ranges: Stitch Denim, Flower Garden, Stripe Montage and Side Wave.
1) Stitch Denim range: Jeans, Shirt and T-Shirt
2) Flower Garden range: White Vest and Trousers, Mesh Skirt, Tunic and Cardigan and Stole
3) Stripe Montage range: Luminous Vest and Trousers, Vest and Stole 4) Stripe Montage range: Pink Trousers, Dress and Stole
5) Standard Black Pleats: Long Coat, Long Dress and Madame T Stole
6) Side Wave range: Black Vest, Skirt and Cape
