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Looking to step up from Comme des Garçons? These 11 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.
Paris luxury house founded in 1988, known for deconstruction, blank numeric labels and Tabi split-toe boots; now led by Glenn Martens.
Why it's similar. Both brands are known for their avant-garde approach that blends deconstructed silhouettes with luxury fabrics.
What changes. Higher price, more overtly luxury house codes
Jun Takahashi's Tokyo label, founded 1993, mixing punk, horror and art references with deconstructed tailoring in Paris-shown menswear and womenswear.
Why it's similar. Like Comme des Garçons, Undercover is celebrated for its avant-garde aesthetic and focus on innovative design concepts.
Tokyo label under the Comme des Garcons umbrella, known for technical fabrics, patchwork, deconstructed tailoring and heavy workwear collaborations.
Why it's similar. Junya Watanabe shares a similar avant-garde ethos, focusing on experimental cuts and architectural designs.
What changes. Narrower, more menswear/utility-driven than the mainline
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Japanese house founded in 1970, known for engineered pleating, A-POC construction and Bao Bao bags across its Pleats Please and Homme Plissé lines.
Why it's similar. Issey Miyake and Comme des Garçons share a penchant for architectural silhouettes and innovative fabric manipulation.
What changes. Textile-technology focus rather than pattern-cut deconstruction
London label by sisters Faye and Erica Toogood, making unisex, size-inclusive clothing built on sculptural volumes and British workwear archetypes.
Why it's similar. Toogood's sculptural, avant-garde designs align closely with the architectural elements found in Comme des Garçons collections.
Independent avant-garde label founded in Los Angeles in 1994 and now based in Paris, known for draped monochrome tailoring and chunky sneakers.
Why it's similar. Rick Owens shares the avant-garde aesthetic with Comme des Garçons, particularly in the use of dramatic silhouettes and luxury materials.
What changes. Body-focused drape and goth glamour vs cerebral cutting
Stockholm fashion house founded in 1996 by Jonny Johansson, known for oversized tailoring, mohair knitwear, denim and the Musubi bag.
Franco-Japanese Paris label pairing fox-logo wardrobe staples with the Kitsuné Musique record label and Café Kitsuné coffee shops.
London brand founded in 2015 by Samuel Ross, pairing brutalist industrial design with technical outerwear; owned by Frasers-backed Four Marketing since late 2024.
Paris-founded label led by Guram Gvasalia, turning workwear, merch and uniform codes into oversized, logo-heavy runway collections.
Osaka-founded Japanese denim brand known for hand-painted seagull back pockets, selvedge jeans and Y2K-era streetwear staples.
Maison Margiela, UNDERCOVER, Junya Watanabe lead our ranking. Looking to step up from Comme des Garçons? These 11 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.