Somehow I Never Knew Pleats Please Made Handbags?
Or how a chance Tokyo discovery turned into a newfound obsession.
Somehow despite going on many Issey Miyake press appointments over the years for work, my brain did not register that Pleats Please made bags. I remember the countless Bao Bao totes and clutches — those geometric carryalls that are beloved equally by Gen Z kids on TikTok and old Chinese ladies alike. But seeing those signature heat molded pleats in satc…
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