Apple made a surprising announcement Tuesday morning: It’s decided to partner with Japanese fashion house ISSEY MIYAKE to launch the iPhone Pocket, a limited-edition accessory that carries the creative vision of design director Yoshiyuki Miyamae , who helmed the label’s womenswear line from 2011 to 2019. The collaboration marks a return to a relationship between the two companies that stretches back decades, when the design house’s founder Issey Miyake created the black mock turtlenecks that became synonymous with late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

The iPhone Pocket , launching Friday, November 14, features what Apple and ISSEY MIYAKE describe as a “singular 3D-knitted construction” inspired by the concept of “a piece of cloth.” The stretchy, ribbed accessory fully encloses an iPho

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