Camper and ISSEY MIYAKE unveil Anna, the shoe that thinks it’s a sock
When a shoe refuses to be just a shoe, something interesting happens. That is precisely what Camper is proposing with Anna, a creation born from a collaboration with ISSEY MIYAKE that rethinks the relationship between the foot and what clothes it.
Anna, the Camper shoe that blurs the line between footwear and hosiery
At first glance, Anna looks like a classic shoe. Its structured sole, pointed toe and low heel give it a distinctly urban feel. Yet everything shifts the moment your eye travels up to the upper. It is made from TENCEL knit, a natural fibre derived from wood sourced from sustainable forests, soft, breathable, and almost weightlessly light. It wraps around the foot and lower leg with a suppleness that feels far closer to a sock than to a traditional shoe.
The contrast between the solid base and the fluid upper is no design accident. It is calculated, deliberate. On one side, the permanence of the sole. On the other, an upper that moulds itself to the warmth of the body, to its contours, to its own shape. The result is a piece that makes no attempt to conceal the foot, but instead reveals its silhouette.
The ISSEY MIYAKE philosophy at the heart of the project
To understand Anna, you need to understand what has driven the house of ISSEY MIYAKE since its founding in 1971 around the concept of a piece of cloth. The brand has always sought, through fabric, to dissolve the boundary between clothing and body. Satoshi Kondo, artistic director of the house’s womenswear collections, transposed that same logic into the world of footwear by partnering with Camper.
The central question is not an aesthetic one. It is almost philosophical: what does it mean to wear a shoe? Anna answers it by exploring the space between structure and skin, between what holds and what adapts. The TENCEL knit upper embodies that in-between, that relationship between an object and the body that carries it.
What Camper brings to the collaboration
Founded in Mallorca in 1975, the Spanish brand has always placed design in the service of resisting the ephemeral. That stance runs through Anna, where the solidity of the sole echoes this pursuit of permanence. The collaboration with ISSEY MIYAKE is therefore not a mere style exercise. It brings together two houses whose philosophies, though distinct, converge on the same demand: to create objects that last and that mean something.
Anna will be available in two silhouettes. The first is a low shoe, offered in black and beige. The second is a boot, available in black, blue and dark navy. These options form a pared-back palette, designed to slot into an urban wardrobe without imposing itself.
- TENCEL knit upper, a natural fibre derived from wood sourced from sustainable forests
- Structured sole with a pointed toe and low heel
- Low shoe available in black and beige
- Boot available in black, blue and dark navy
- Unveiled at the ISSEY MIYAKE Autumn-Winter 2026/27 show during Paris Fashion Week
A Paris runway as its first public appearance
Anna made its public debut on the runway at the ISSEY MIYAKE Autumn-Winter 2026/27 show, presented during Paris Fashion Week last March. That choice of setting is not incidental. Introducing a collaborative shoe within a ready-to-wear show elevates it beyond the status of a mere accessory. Anna becomes a fully-fledged piece of the collection, conceived in harmony with the garments surrounding it.
That gesture also says something about the current state of fashion. Luxury is no longer concentrated solely in traditional categories. It now expresses itself through unexpected collaborations, through discreet but precise materials, through technical gestures that are not immediately visible but are felt in the wearing. Camper and ISSEY MIYAKE make that case with Anna, a piece that asks a question at once simple and difficult: what if a shoe could make you forget it was one?
