Issey Miyake Homme Plissé Basics Shirt

A rib and a pleat are two different ways of putting parallel lines into cloth, one knitted in and one pressed in, and running them together gives the surface two scales at once: the fine regular rib and the broader pleat over the top of it. On a polo, which is about as plain a shape as menswear has, that doubled texture is the only thing happening, and it is enough. Black keeps it quiet.

It is the simplest thing in the line and the doubled texture keeps it from being dull.

100% polyester, made in Japan, in black. Medium rib with the signature pleating.

Pleated and ribbed cloth both give, so it sits close without restricting. Expect it to open out in wearing.

The pleats are heat-set and permanent, so it washes without losing them. Wash at 30°C or below in a laundry net on a short cycle, or press gently by hand, and never tumble dry, iron, steam, or dry clean. Store it rolled along the direction of the pleats. Our fabric care guide covers polyester and technical cloth.

The Basics Jacket and the Basics Trousers are the jacket and the trouser in the same Basics group. There is more on the house on the Issey Miyake designer page. Everything we carry from Issey Miyake is listed together.