Looking to step up from Crooks & Castles? These 16 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.
Australian skate label from the founders of Butter Goods, making 1990s-inspired baggy denim, graphic tees and decks.
Why it's similar. Cash Only shares nearly identical attributes with Crooks & Castles, including style, silhouette, fit, palette, materials, and cultural positioning at mid-range pricing.
Los Angeles streetwear label known for bold graphic tees and hoodies and frequent licensed pop-culture collaborations, most notably with Marvel.
Why it's similar. Another Los Angeles graphic label, Civil Regime leans on licensed pop-culture work, its largest a Spider-Man collection built from vintage Marvel artwork shot across Queens rooftops and subways.
A skater-run American label from Jason Dill and Anthony Van Engelen, known for provocative collage graphics on decks and streetwear.
Why it's similar. Both brands share a bold and edgy streetwear aesthetic, appealing to urban culture enthusiasts.
Independent Los Angeles streetwear label founded in 2015, making punk- and 90s-music-inspired graphic apparel with deliberately provocative imagery.
Why it's similar. Pleasures Clothing shares significant overlap in style, fit, palette, and materials. Their edgy designs align closely with Crooks & Castles.
Istanbul-based luxury streetwear brand blending Eastern cultural motifs and embroidery with tracksuits, hoodies and outerwear, founded by Bünyamin Aydin in 2011.
Why it's similar. Similar streetwear attributes and use of bold graphics; both celebrate cultural heritage and modern design.
Independent Polish label from Natalia Maczek and Thomas Wirski, translating Warsaw rave and post-Soviet references into leather, denim and logo streetwear.
Los Angeles streetwear label from Venice, known for Old English graphics, gentrification commentary and sports-team collaborations.
Independent Paris streetwear label founded in 2012, making skate- and 90s-subculture-inspired graphic tees, hoodies and outerwear.
Los Angeles skate brand founded by Paul Rodriguez, known for foil-graphic decks, graphic apparel and anime licensing collabs like Dragon Ball Z.
Shanghai contemporary label founded in 2020 by Lia Liao and Nick Wang, making pared-back, durable womenswear and menswear with a 1990s undercurrent.
Brooklyn-born, LA-based streetwear label known for its Keep Watch eyeball graphics, punk and horror-inflected graphic tees, and artist collaborations.
Founder-led Los Angeles streetwear brand from 1989, known for baggy denim, script-logo tees and 1990s hip-hop heritage, now strongest in Europe and Japan.
New York streetwear label founded in 2006 by two former Supreme staffers, known for graphic tees, skate decks and reworked NYC iconography.
Defunct San Francisco skate-streetwear label (2007–2019) known for its paper-plane logo, "Stay Gold" slogan and graphic tees.
Los Angeles sneaker boutique and apparel label, founded in 2002, known for its five-strike logo and long-running Nike and Jordan Brand collaborations.
Independent Los Angeles streetwear brand founded in 1997 by Andy Mueller, known for graphic headwear, small-batch basics and artist collaborations.
Cash Only, Civil Regime, Fucking Awesome lead our ranking. Looking to step up from Crooks & Castles? These 16 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.