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Gallerist Susanne Vielmetter layered an Issey Miyake Pleats Please dress with a skirt from J.Crew underneath.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Pleats, what he called his greatest contribution to design, are a memory fabric — the polyester material is sandwiched between sheets of paper and pressurized under immense heat to form the folds.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

“By sending Pleats Please out into the world, I feel I have finally become a designer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

Released in 1993, Pleats Please, a line of clothing featuring waterfalls of razor-sharp pleats, became his most recognizable look.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

Pleats and laps in the skirt bands were necessary to fit them to our necks.

From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner