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Looking to step up from COLLINA STRADA? These 13 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.
London label built on upcycled deadstock and vintage material, known for patchwork dresses and the charity "Protect the Dolls" T-shirt.
Why it's similar. Very close match across all dimensions, especially in sustainability and avant-garde style.
What changes. Higher price, more vintage-Americana glamour than print riot
São Paulo label recutting vintage garments and leftover fabric into contemporary tailoring, now designed by co-founder Fábio Souza after Alexandre Herchcovitch's exit.
Why it's similar. A La Garconne recuts second-hand garments and leftover fabric into tailoring in Sao Paulo, working the same deadstock-and-upcycling method Hillary Taymour built Collina Strada on.
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. Similar avant-garde style with playful elements.
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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. Both brands embrace avant-garde aesthetics with unique silhouettes and design experimentation.
Tokyo label by Chitose Abe that hybridizes contrasting fabrics and garment archetypes into spliced tailoring, knitwear and outerwear.
Why it's similar. Sacai shares an avant-garde approach with COLLINA STRADA, focusing on innovative layering techniques.
Kering-owned London luxury house, now branded McQueen, pairing dark-romantic tailoring and skull motifs under creative director Seán McGirr.
Paris luxury label founded in 2018 by Charaf Tajer, known for hand-painted silk prints and leisure-luxury tailoring rooted in his French-Moroccan heritage.
Milan-based luxury streetwear label founded by Virgil Abloh in 2012, majority-owned by LVMH and creatively led by Ib Kamara.
Stockholm fashion house founded in 1996 by Jonny Johansson, known for oversized tailoring, mohair knitwear, denim and the Musubi bag.
Japanese denim and workwear label from Kojima, Okayama, known for boro patchwork, sashiko stitching and indigo-dyed remake pieces.
Independent Stockholm ready-to-wear label known for custom-developed fabrics, reworked wardrobe staples and its upcycled Our Legacy Work Shop line.
Spanish luxury house founded in Madrid in 1846, LVMH-owned, known for craft-led leather bags and ready-to-wear now designed by McCollough and Hernandez.
Kering-owned Parisian luxury house, founded in Spain in 1919, now led by Pierpaolo Piccioli after a decade under Demna.
CONNER IVES, À La Garçonne, BERNHARD WILLHELM lead our ranking. Looking to step up from COLLINA STRADA? These 13 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.