Homme Plissé Issey Miyake Debuts Matisse-Inspired Capsule at Tate Modern

Key facts

• Homme Plissé Issey Miyake presented the second edition of Open Studio at Tate Modern in London earlier this week.
• The event featured dancers from Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company performing Ioannis Mandafounis's One One One between sessions of uncovering Matisse's The Snail.
• Henri Matisse created The Snail in Nice in 1953, the year before his death, using gouache-painted paper cut-outs.
• The Snail is nearly three metres square and features a loose spiral of shapes inspired by the 'unrolling' of a snail.
• Open Studio began in 2025 when Homme Plissé stepped off the Paris show calendar; the first edition was at Villa Medicea della Petraia during Pitti Uomo.
• The capsule collection, Homme Plissé Issey Miyake for Tate, includes a printed cardigan, tunic, T-shirt, long-sleeved top, crossbody bag, and diamond-shaped scarf.
• The capsule will be available from 17 September 2026 at Tate Shops and shop.tate.org.uk, then from January 2027 at Issey Miyake stores in Tokyo, Osaka, and London.
• The design team collaborated with Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck, whose theatre background informed the layered set design.
• Homme Plissé previously worked with Ronan Bouroullec on its A/W 2024 collection, shown at Palais de Tokyo.