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Issey Miyake will close store after 24 years
T. sent word that Issey Miyake, the noted Japanese clothing brand, will close its flagship Tribeca location on Hudson and N. Moore on December 12 and open in a larger space on Madison Avenue in the spring. The Tribeca store was designed by Frank Gehry for the brand 24 years ago.
The brand (noted here in the Tribeca pronunciation guide) will open a temporary store in January with limited merchandise for shopping appointments; that location has not yet been announced.
When Miyake died in 2022, The Times described him as “one of the first Japanese designers to show in Paris, whose pleated style of clothing allowed for freedom of movement and whose name became a global byword for cutting-edge fashion in the 1980s.”
The store here, which opened in 2001, has undulating waves of titanium throughout the interior that frame the mannequins and define the space — 12,000 feet across three floors.
“When I first saw the empty space, I couldn’t help but ask no one other than Frank Gehry,” Miyake told Domus magazine in 2001. “I didn’t ask him because I wanted someone to design an interior. I asked Frank because he is someone whose unique vision can capture and project the reflection of the organic qualities of nature into a space. He is also someone whose work creates movement, light, and energy.”
Domus writes that the project was then led by a young Canadian architect, Gordon Kipping, while the brand’s visual identity was reimagined by British graphic designer Neville Brody. “The outcome is a place that breaks conventions, where every element—from the structure to the logo—reflects the dynamic tension between craftsmanship and innovation, the unmistakable hallmark of Issey Miyake.”
Awaiting word from Miyake on what’s next…
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Crazy. Frank Gehry just died today.
https://nyti.ms/48DuKiy
So sad that it’s going to close its iconic.
Very sad. It really is iconic, impossible to replace.
Bil owner of the building is so lame for letting it go. Money hungry tasteless. Unfortunately the row will make the space so common and boring and bring in hoards of basic people.
Is that the reason ? not that the new management of the brand wanting to move to Madison Av ? If so ridiculous. It’s a choice to live here, and it’s the diversity of stores – and particularly the independent ones – that make it special. Landlords forcing them out will have the opposite effect.
Yes its the truth. Found out months ago that the building owners wanted to raise it to a crazy price (it was already crazy). It’s not new management of the brand. They have multiple spaces in the neighborhood and its quite central for them. They wouldnt just decide to leave that iconic space and break up their eco system. and yes the row will be coming.
Tribeca has died with the influx of ultra suburban families. Unfortunately tribeca is does not have a diverse selection anymore. alot of the shops that make the neighborhood unique and special are suffering because the neighborhood does not support local businesses anymore. They dont have taste and only shop big brands they’ve been influenced and Amazon. That’s why we have lost all of our grocery stores and small markets and bodegas suffer. Instead we get trash like meadow lane, children’s play grounds, stroller loading zones, tacky influencers, and now suburban losers scared of spices.
Is it going to be:
1- a store for kids
2- an exercise class for women
3- a bank branch
You forgot high end “med spa”
Or early childhood development center school thingy…
I’m pretty sure Issey Miyake had offices/property on 28 N Moore. Is that subject to change?
Or the store will be vacant for years. The incentives for that have to change.
Doesn’t surprise me. Walking by it I don’t think I have ever noticed a customer inside; just bored looking clerks. Like so many other upscale clothing shops in the nabe.
The Row is taking over the store early next year, according to Puck’s Lauren Sherman.
It’s extremely unfortunate. That store added to the “now long lost” combined creative and neighborhood vibe of Tribeca. Most of the places that made Tribeca Tribeca have naturally faded into the past. No surprise. Very few are still around, but as others have noted, the forsaken spaces have either sadly sat abandoned for years or welcomed a “do we really need one more of these” type of occupants, which, truth is, we really didn’t need one more of. Perhaps we’ll just become a Insta-Immersed neighborhood, playing host to businesses that will undoubtedly pack up and leave once they’ve been cancelled on social media.
The Metropolitan Museum costume Institute has
an exquisite collection of not only
complete examples of Miyake masterpieces –
They possess his studio workshop preparatory
designs-
Which they have shown as recently as about 2011
or so. What will happen to the examples of Gehry’s
work in this Miyake shop??
Couldn’t it follow Miyake’s work to another destination?
Or can it stay somewhere in Tribeca-
To celebrate the history of fashion and design in
NYC??
I want to give a shout out to the people who work there. Many years ago when I was walking my dog I always stopped to admire their creative displays and amazing clothing. One day I timidly went in – obviously not a customer – and told them I loved the store and asked if I could just look at the inside. They welcomed me very graciously, explained the Frank Gehry design and let me wander around.
In 1977 when I was renting a loft on Franklin Street I started looking for one to purchase. I was shown that building by a real estate broker. It was for sale for $350,000.
Bring back Commodities! Love the smell of the coffee section and their fruit leather was great :D