Brands Like Sacai

New York label by Milwaukee-raised designer Elena Velez, fusing forged metalwork and corsetry with distressed, romantic gowns shown at New York Fashion Week.

Why it's similar. Strong alignment in avant-garde style, deconstructed silhouettes, relaxed fit, and mixed palette. Prominent use of technical and artisanal materials similar to Sacai's approach.

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. Both brands share an avant-garde style and a focus on deconstructed silhouettes.

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. Jun Takahashi has shown UNDERCOVER in Paris since 2002, running punk graphics and patchwork knitwear through deconstructed tailoring from the same Tokyo scene that produced Chitose Abe.

Ho Chi Minh City womenswear label making handmade, Y2K-inflected corsetry, sheer dresses and low-rise tailoring worn by Bella Hadid and Doja Cat.

Why it's similar. Matching avant-garde style, layered and deconstructed silhouettes, and shared preference for premium materials and lively palettes.

Why it's similar. Avant-garde style with deconstructed, architectural silhouettes, relaxed fit, and innovative use of varied materials.

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

Why it's similar. Both brands emphasize avant-garde, deconstructed styles with a relaxed fit.

Namesake Los Angeles-based label of German designer Bernhard Willhelm, known for ironic, craft-heavy avant-garde clothing in oversized, cartoonish silhouettes.

Why it's similar. Avant-garde design with oversized, playful silhouettes, eclectic aesthetic similar to Sacai but with more colorful palette.

London label founded by Jonathan Anderson in 2008, known for gender-fluid, craft-led design, sculptural knitwear and Bumper and Chain bags.

Why it's similar. Avant-garde style with oversized, deconstructed silhouettes, innovative fabric combinations, similar material uses.

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

Why it's similar. Both brands feature avant-garde styles and a focus on innovative fabric combinations.

Copenhagen label by Danish designer-artist Henrik Vibskov, known for bold prints, sculptural silhouettes and theatrical, installation-like runway shows.

Why it's similar. Avant-garde aesthetics and architectural silhouettes with relaxed fit and premium materials.

Namesake label of Antwerp-trained Chinese designer Di Du, making sharply cut, body-sculpting womenswear with a subversive, futuristic take on femininity.

Moscow-based womenswear label by Jenia Kim, reinterpreting traditional Korean and Asian dress in modern silhouettes.

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

Milan knitwear label using its Doomboh textile, a felted knit made from reclaimed and deadstock yarns, for genderless one-of-a-kind pieces.

London knitwear label known for its 3D spike-knit fabric shaped into body-hugging dresses and tops in vivid colour gradients.

Independent avant-garde label founded in Los Angeles in 1994 and now based in Paris, known for draped monochrome tailoring and chunky sneakers.

Milan womenswear label founded in 2019 by Alice Moraschini, known for post-streetwear varsity bombers, shearling outerwear and neutral Italian-made knitwear.

Namesake label of designer Rui Zhou, known for machine-knit bodysuits and sheer separates with cut-outs and pearl-strung straps that frame the body.

Closed Belgian label (1995–2022) from designer Raf Simons, known for slim tailoring, oversized outerwear and youth-subculture graphics.

Slogan-driven LA/New York label mixing religious iconography with internet humour, best known for its Holy Trinity bikini and printed graphic tees.

Stockholm fashion house founded in 1996 by Jonny Johansson, known for oversized tailoring, mohair knitwear, denim and the Musubi bag.

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

Paris-founded label led by Guram Gvasalia, turning workwear, merch and uniform codes into oversized, logo-heavy runway collections.

Dormant Paris label of Colombian-born designer Haider Ackermann, known for fluid draping and lean tailoring; he is now Tom Ford's creative director.

Paris label founded in 1987 by Jean Touitou, known for raw selvedge denim, Demi-Lune bags and understated, long-lasting wardrobe basics.

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

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

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

Italian avant-garde label by Maurizio Amadei, based near Rome, known for minimally seamed garments, one-piece leather bags and hand-finished footwear.

Seoul label deconstructing garments into asymmetric, seam-shifted technical outerwear across numbered RIGHT, CENTER and LEFT collection tiers.

Why it's similar. Seoul label deconstructing garments into asymmetric, seam-shifted technical outerwear across numbered RIGHT, CENTER and LEFT collection tiers.

London label from China-born designer Feng Chen Wang, known for deconstructed, gender-fluid menswear built on convertible 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 construction.

Why it's similar. Like Sacai's spliced archetypes, Feng Chen Wang's London-made menswear fuses two garments into one through split-seam, convertible 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 construction at a similarly high price.