This post is showing that how to find out to the specific season of ISSEY MIYAKE with the product number of the quality label.
Also you can distinguish the era of ISSEY MIYAKE items with the brand label.
If you would like to know about it, please check the related post below.
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HOW TO FIND OUT THE SEASON OF ISSEY MIYAKE
ISSEY MIYAKE has been selling their clothes for a long time, and operating several lines and brands, so it’s really difficult to find out the season of the their clothes.
You can distinguish the season by following the instruction below.
(*Note – The tags might be different from the Japanese ones)
Check the quality label and you can see the product number such as “IM94FD904”.
First, check the third character of the product number.
That number is showing the last number of the year, so you can guess when they were made(In this case, 9 means 1999, 2009 or 2019).
(Other ISSEY MIAYKE related brands or labels, such as PLEATS PLEASE, BAO BAO ISSEY MIYAKE, are basically following the same rule.)
Then, check the forth character of the product number.
That number is showing the season like below.
1 → Summer
2 → Spring
3 → Autumn
4 → Winter
In addition, you can distinguish the season by checking the label type and the laundry care symbols.
The laundry care label symbols have been changed since 2017 like above.
Also, ISSEY MIYAKE has been changed the label like above.
Following the these information above, you can distinguish as a 2019A/W item.
The first and the second alphabets have other meanings
The first and the second alphabets are showing the brand name like below.
IM→ ISSEY MIYAKE
ME→ ISSEY MIYAKE MEN
PP → PLEATS PLEASE
MI → ISSEY MIYAKE me
HA → ISSEY MIYAKE Haat
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That’s the meaning of the product number, and how to find out the season of ISSEY MIYAKE s clothes.
We hope you have enjoyed reading this, and checked your own ISSEY’s collection!