Brand profile
Cohérence
Japanese label making mid-century-inspired sartorial coats and jackets, designed and made in Japan with in-house fabrics.
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What to know about Cohérence
Coats only, ten to fourteen
Each season is a tight run of 10–14 outerwear pieces — tielocken and balmacaan overcoats, Harrington-style blousons — rather than a full clothing collection.
Tailoring rules the outerwear
Founder Kentaro Nakagomi came from textiles and pattern-making, and the coats carry sartorial construction: narrow armholes, hand-attached collars, small Japanese batches.
Fabrics developed in-house
Cloth is created for the label rather than bought off the shelf, which is much of what the very high price and its stockist list of specialist menswear shops reflect.
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The gabardine trench archetype Cohérence reinterprets
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Brand facts
Cohérence is a Japanese outerwear label founded by Kentaro Nakagomi, a textile and pattern-making veteran who previously managed design and European production for a British-Japanese brand. Each season brings 10 to 14 coats and jackets, from tielocken overcoats and balmacaans to Harrington-style blousons, named after 20th-century figures such as Le Corbusier, Camus and Picasso. Fabrics are developed in-house and garments are cut and sartorially finished in small Japanese batches, with tailoring details like narrow armholes and hand-attached collars. Stockists include Clutch Cafe, The Armoury and Beige Habilleur.
- Founded
- 2015
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Price
- $$$$$
- Typical prices
- Jackets $905–$1269 · Coats $1783–$2506 · Jeans $515–$555
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Quiet luxury, Workwear / Heritage





