It’s only taken a week, but Issey Miyake has already produced three new bag collections in 2026. That’d be an unimaginable amount of luggage to launch within seven days for anyone but Issey Miyake and its many offshoots.

The surprisingly vast Japanese label is doing it all, bringing out new shapes whilst also updating its most famed bag line, Bao Bao, famous for its triangle-shaped panels designed to adapt depending on the fullness of the bags. Offered in all shapes and sizes, from a capacious backpack to a compact crossbody, the all-new “REFLECTOR” collection adds a reflective print to the geometric Bao Bao shell.

As if the complex pattern of the Bao Bao bag’s shell wasn’t attention-grabbing enough, it now also lights up!

But just like Issey Miyake is far more than its most famous clothing line, its two ranges of ingeniously pleated wearables, Issey Miyake’s bag offering is far more expansive than Bao Bao.

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For example, there’s the new FUWA FUWA bag, a creation by the GOOD GOODS ISSEY MIYAKE accessories line founded in 2018 to “explore what it is that makes a good product ‘good.’”

In this case, GOOD GOODS’ idea of a good bag is a rectangular piece of soft recycled nylon intelligently twisted and sewn together to create unstructured backpacks and crossbody bags. It’s a production method that leaves no waste fabric.

It’s a clever construction, though the bags’ innovation isn’t necessarily made obvious by its effortless form, a theme across many of Issey Miyake’s most impactful inventions.

IM MEN, one of the newest Issey Miyake lines that was founded in 2021, also has a handsome new bag to unveil. And this time, the bagmaking is downright artful. Inspired by the work of Japanese ceramicist Shōji Kamoda, a large crossbody is stitched with wavy panels, creating wave-like ripples in shiny synthetic leather. But the bag’s wonky shape is more than a stylistic choice, as it helps to comfortably wrap around the wearer. 

Again, the Issey Miyake brand is creating something beautiful without sacrificing functionality. And this is only a single week of the brand’s output, in one single product category. 

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