I was researching sustainable manufacturing in New York when I stumbled into a quiet Midtown studio—one of the few left that ...

George Kalajian is teaching her the age-old technique in pleating fabric. He gathers cardboard folds to mold the material underneath. This handiwork and precision takes years to master.

Personalize your pleat with details like material and color. A pleated A-line skirt in chestnut faux suede channels Jane Birkin in the ’60s, while a metallic pleated skirt harkens the disco era.

In the 1980s, Miyake developed a patented method of pleating fabric using heat, resulting in his 1993 line Pleats Please. The process entails “construction garments at two or three times their ...

Instead, they were wearing shirts, trousers, vests and shorts from Issey Miyake Homme Plissé: clothing rendered in space age micro-pleated fabric that brings to mind the ridges of Ruffles chips ...