Want the Engineered Garments look for less? These 8 brands match closely on style, silhouette and category while sitting at a lower price tier — ranked by overall similarity.
London label founded in 1995, making understated unisex clothing drawn from workwear, military uniforms and British music subculture.
Why it's similar. YMC aligns well with Engineered Garments in terms of contemporary style, use of neutral colors, and relaxed, deconstructed silhouettes.
London menswear label founded in 2017 by British-Jamaican designer Bianca Saunders, known for twisted, body-tracing cutting and draped tailoring.
Why it's similar. Both brands offer contemporary fashion with innovative approaches to relaxed and tailored silhouettes, sharing a neutral color palette and high-quality materials.
Needles is Keizo Shimizu's Nepenthes in-house label, reworking Americana and 1970s leisurewear, best known for its butterfly-logo velour track pants.
Why it's similar. Both brands feature contemporary styles with a focus on unique design elements and innovative fabric use.
Danish contemporary label from Copenhagen making minimal Scandinavian ready-to-wear and Italian-made denim for men and women.
Why it's similar. Copenhagen label offering relaxed tailoring, shirting and wide, loose-fitting Italian-made denim in muted neutrals at a comparable med-high price, minus the workwear detailing.
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. Rei Kawakubo's unconventional pattern-cutting, padding and volume is the avant-garde end of the same instinct to break normal garment construction; the Play line offers a cheap entry.
Archive-driven shirting line from American shirtmaker Gitman Bros., launched in 2008 and built on heritage fabrics and US-made button-downs.
Why it's similar. American-made shirting drawn from Gitman Bros. archive line books, with the camp-collar, band-collar and printed cloths that pair naturally with EG jackets and fatigue pants.
European-run fashion offshoot of American workwear brand Carhartt, reworking Detroit jackets and duck canvas staples for skate and streetwear audiences.
Why it's similar. The most affordable route to boxy Detroit jackets, chore coats and duck canvas trousers, sitting a tier below EG at a mid price point.
Tokyo military- and workwear-rooted label founded in 1996 by Tetsu Nishiyama, known for jungle jackets, MILT cargo trousers and muted utilitarian staples.
Why it's similar. Tetsu Nishiyama reworks military and workwear patterns into jungle jackets and MILT cargo trousers in olive, black and khaki, with the same boxy, layered proportions at a matching med-high price.
YMC, Bianca Saunders, NEEDLES lead our ranking. Want the Engineered Garments look for less? These 8 brands match closely on style, silhouette and category while sitting at a lower price tier — ranked by overall similarity.