27 Brands like Needles

Daiki Suzuki's New York label, founded 1999 under Nepenthes, reworking American workwear and military patterns with off-kilter construction and mixed fabrics.

Why it's similar. Both brands feature relaxed fits and a deconstructed style aesthetic, appealing to contemporary fashion lovers.

What changes. Military/workwear patterning rather than 70s leisure and velour

Tokyo label started in 2005 by two ex-footballers, built on music, nightlife and rayon open-collar shirts under its "Guilty Parties" line.

Why it's similar. Both brands celebrate unique designs and a bright color palette, catering to an eclectic aesthetic.

What changes. Graphic, music-subculture branding over vintage reconstruction

Rei Kawakubo's Tokyo label, founded 1969, known for avant-garde pattern-cutting, a family of sub-labels and the heart-logo Play diffusion line.

Why it's similar. Tokyo pattern-cutting heritage with sub-label sprawl

What changes. Avant-garde conceptual cutting, far less Americana nostalgia

Founder-led Stockholm ready-to-wear label known for custom-developed fabrics, reworked wardrobe staples and its upcycled Our Legacy Work Shop line.

Why it's similar. Reworked wardrobe staples on custom-developed cloth

What changes. Scandinavian minimalism, no vintage-Americana references

Barcelona label known for maximalist prints, patchwork and colour-clashing clothing, born from a jacket made of second-hand denim scraps.

Why it's similar. Very similar in style, silhouette, and palette. Both brands feature eclectic, colorful designs with a relaxed fit.

Tokyo streetwear label known for graphic-heavy overdyed tees, print shirts and technical outerwear built on abstract digital and sci-fi imagery.

Why it's similar. Both brands feature bold, colorful palettes and relaxed silhouettes that make a striking statement.

Barcelona label founded in 2014 by Paloma Lanna, making artful, small-batch knitwear and relaxed womenswear and menswear.

Why it's similar. Shares an artistic, eclectic style with colorful palettes and deconstructed silhouettes.

Hong Kong lifestyle label applying tongue-in-cheek local iconography and Cantonese wordplay to T-shirts, bags, homewares and gifts.

Why it's similar. Aligns closely in eclectic style, relaxed and boxy silhouettes, and colorful palettes.

Japanese denim and workwear label from Kojima, Okayama, known for boro patchwork, sashiko stitching and indigo-dyed remake pieces.

Why it's similar. Kojima, Okayama gives Kapital its selvedge base, and Kiro Hirata's boro patchwork and folk-craft remakes rework Americana through Japanese hands much as Keizo Shimizu does.

Ahluwalia is Priya Ahluwalia's London label, reworking vintage and deadstock cloth through patchwork, print and knit across menswear and womenswear.

Why it's similar. Similar in contemporary and eclectic style with a focus on sustainability.

What changes. Anglo-Indian/Nigerian references and sustainability framing

Brooklyn label by Colm Dillane pairing painterly graphics, patchwork and knitwear with theatrical shows; he guest-designed Louis Vuitton menswear in 2023.

Tokyo military- and workwear-rooted label founded in 1996 by Tetsu Nishiyama, known for jungle jackets, MILT cargo trousers and muted utilitarian staples.

Antwerp house known for clashing prints, embroidery and relaxed tailoring, now designed by Julian Klausner under majority owner Puig.

Jun Takahashi's Tokyo label, founded 1990, mixing punk, horror and art references with deconstructed tailoring in Paris-shown menswear and womenswear.

Tokyo label by Chitose Abe that hybridizes contrasting fabrics and garment archetypes into spliced tailoring, knitwear and outerwear.

Japanese house founded in 1970, known for engineered pleating, A-POC construction and Bao Bao bags across its Pleats Please and Homme Plissé lines.

Tokyo label founded in 2008 by Yoon Ahn and Verbal, known for bold silver jewelry and unisex streetwear-informed ready-to-wear.

Tokyo avant-garde house founded in 1972, known for black oversized tailoring and asymmetric draping, plus the long-running Y-3 line with Adidas.

Tokyo label founded in 1994 by Shinsuke Takizawa, building biker, punk and military references into heavily branded Japanese-made streetwear.

Hiroki Nakamura's Tokyo label applies heritage craft and natural dyes to Americana-rooted "future vintage" clothing and footwear such as the FBT moccasin-sneaker.

Tokyo label under the Comme des Garcons umbrella, known for technical fabrics, patchwork, deconstructed tailoring and heavy workwear collaborations.

Independent Tokyo label by Ryota Iwai, building relaxed menswear and womenswear around custom-developed Japanese textiles and muted colour.

Jaipur menswear label using hand embroidery, block printing and handloom textiles from Indian artisans in relaxed contemporary shirting and separates.

Sydney avant-garde label by Lyna Ty and Melvin Tanaya, known for fabric-led oversized tailoring and its ongoing adidas Originals collaboration.

Independent French label making unisex, artist-illustrated workwear and vintage-leaning basics, produced in Portugal and France with organic and recycled fabrics.

Beams Plus is the Tokyo-based heritage menswear line of retailer Beams, reworking classic American Ivy, workwear and military styles in Japan.

Why it's similar. Another Tokyo label reworking American clothing like Needles, though Beams Plus leans mid-century Ivy, workwear and military rather than 1970s velour leisurewear.

New York menswear label founded in 2016 by Emily Adams Bode Aujla, built on antique textiles and hand-embellished, often one-of-a-kind garments.

Why it's similar. Like NEEDLES' remake pieces, Bode rebuilds garments from existing cloth, though it works antique quilts, grain sacks and French bed linens into one-of-a-kind menswear.