Pleasures builds its clothing around bold graphics, music-and-subculture references and provocative slogans on relaxed tees, hoodies and workwear. This page is for shoppers who want that same graphic-led, punk-and-skate-adjacent streetwear at a similar mid price point. The closest matches are Brain Dead, Fucking Awesome and Aries; Huf, Ripndip and Thrasher cover the same energy for less.
HUF is a skate and streetwear brand founded in San Francisco in 2002 by pro skateboarder Keith Hufnagel, now owned by Japan's TSI Holdings.
Why it's similar. Skate-rooted graphic tees, hoodies and caps with counterculture prints, at a lower price tier than Pleasures.
Los Angeles logo-driven streetwear label founded in 2015 by Neek Lurk, owned by licensing firm Marquee Brands since 2022.
Why it's similar. Logo-scrawl hoodies and tees released through timed drops, sharing Pleasures' mid-price, graphic-first LA streetwear lane.
Independent London brand founded in 2001 by Gemma Shiel, known for cartoonish graphics, bold colour and playful, boxy streetwear.
Why it's similar. Graphic-heavy boxy jersey and knitwear from London, playful and cartoonish where Pleasures is darker.
New York skate and streetwear brand known for weekly box-logo drops and collaborations, owned by EssilorLuxottica since October 2024.
Why it's similar. The template for drop-based graphic streetwear — box-logo tees, hoodies and work jackets at a comparable mid price.
Los Angeles collective and clothing label making graphic-led streetwear rooted in post-punk, underground comics, horror and skate culture.
Why it's similar. LA label whose post-punk, comics and horror prints on tees and fleece are the closest aesthetic match to Pleasures.
Los Angeles streetwear label founded in 2003, known for graphic tees, its Adam Bomb mascot and California skate, punk and surf references.
Why it's similar. Long-running LA graphic tee and hoodie label built on California skate and punk references.
American surf-rooted streetwear pioneer known for its scrawled signature logo, graphic tees, hoodies and tightly controlled chapter-store distribution.
Why it's similar. The original scrawled-logo streetwear brand, with boxy graphic tees, hoodies and relaxed trousers in the same mid tier.
London skate brand founded in 2009 by Lev Tanju, known for Tri-Ferg graphics, VHS-era humour and weekly Friday drops.
Why it's similar. London skate brand pairing bold logo graphics and VHS-era humour with weekly drops of tees, hoodies and outerwear.
Independent Los Angeles skate label built around Lord Nermal, the middle-finger-flipping cartoon cat, on graphic tees, hoodies and decks.
Why it's similar. Independent LA skate label built on irreverent cartoon graphics, priced below Pleasures.
Los Angeles streetwear label, formerly Chinatown Market, known for smiley-face graphics, tie-dye and bootleg-style pop-culture apparel.
Why it's similar. Now MARKET, an LA label doing smiley, tie-dye and bootleg pop-culture graphics on mid-priced tees and hoodies.
Independent Montreal skate label founded in 2005, known for deadpan-humour graphics, cozy basics, Vans collaborations and its Glory Challenge contest.
Why it's similar. Montreal skate brand with deadpan-humour graphics and warped logos on tees, hoodies and fleece.
Shepard Fairey's streetwear label, applying his Obey Giant propaganda graphics and political commentary to military- and workwear-rooted basics.
Why it's similar. Shepard Fairey's label applies propaganda-style graphics and political slogans to workwear basics, cheaper than Pleasures.
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. Supplies the boxy workwear silhouettes — Detroit jackets, duck canvas pants — that sit under Pleasures-style graphic layers.
Amsterdam streetwear label founded in 2004, known for script-logo basics, sportswear staples and long-running Nike sneaker collaborations.
Why it's similar. Amsterdam label with script-logo tees, hoodies and track tops rooted in club and record-shop culture, same mid tier.
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. Skater-run label using collaged photography and deliberately provocative imagery, the closest match to Pleasures' edge.
Milan-based luxury streetwear label founded by Virgil Abloh in 2012, majority-owned by LVMH and creatively led by Ib Kamara.
Why it's similar. The luxury version of graphic streetwear — same silhouettes and print-led codes, at a much higher price.
American skate footwear and apparel brand, founded in Anaheim in 1966 and owned by VF Corporation, known for the Old Skool and Sk8-Hi.
Why it's similar. The default skate footwear under this whole list, low-to-mid priced with casual apparel to match.
San Francisco skate magazine and apparel line, running since 1981 and known for its Flame logo tees, hoodies and Skater of the Year award.
Why it's similar. Skate magazine turned apparel line whose Flame logo tees and hoodies are the cheapest way into this graphic look.
Japanese streetwear label founded by Nigo in 1993, known for Ape Head logos, 1ST CAMO, Shark hoodies, Baby Milo and BAPESTA sneakers.
Why it's similar. Tokyo label built on character and camo graphics — Shark hoodies, Baby Milo — at a step up in price from Pleasures.
Independent New York menswear label from Brendon Babenzien and Estelle Bailey-Babenzien, blending skate, surf, punk and Ivy tailoring with transparent sourcing.
Why it's similar. New York label mixing skate, surf and punk graphics with Ivy tailoring, similarly priced but more heritage-leaning.
American label founded in 2015 by Cynthia Lu, known for four-eyed smiley faces, puff-print lettering and limited surprise drops.
Why it's similar. Puff-print graphics and hand-drawn type on hoodies and tees via surprise drops, pitched slightly above Pleasures.
London label founded in 2012 by Sofia Prantera and Fergus Purcell, mixing punk, rave and skate graphics with Italian-made contemporary clothing.
Why it's similar. London label running punk, rave and skate graphics through Italian- and Portuguese-made pieces at a med-high price.
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Brain Dead is the closest overall — same mid price tier, same graphic-led approach drawing on post-punk, comics and horror. Fucking Awesome matches the provocative, collage-heavy side, and Aries covers the punk-and-rave graphics with more elevated Italian and Portuguese production.
Huf, Ripndip, Thrasher, Obey and Vans all sit in the low-to-mid tier. Thrasher's Flame logo tees and hoodies and Ripndip's Lord Nermal pocket tees are the most direct like-for-like graphic swaps.
Yes. BAPE, Cactus Plant Flea Market and Aries are med-high, and Off-White is a full luxury label — Milan-based, majority-owned by LVMH — with runway tailoring alongside its Arrows and diagonal-stripe graphics.
Several. EssilorLuxottica bought Supreme in October 2024 for $1.5 billion, Marquee Brands acquired Anti Social Social Club in May 2022, Japan's TSI Holdings has owned Huf since 2017, BAPE is owned by Hong Kong group I.T, and Vans belongs to VF Corporation.
Lazy Oaf (Gemma Shiel), Ripndip (Ryan O'Connor), Dime (Antoine Asselin and Phil Lavoie), Patta, Noah, Aries and Thrasher's publisher High Speed Productions are all still independently held.