Loden Balmacaan Coat
The Austrian Himalaya loden balmacaan, with its inverted pleats and softened volume, is the clearest expression of DOCUMENT's heritage-fabric outerwear.
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Document
Seoul menswear label founded in 2014 by Jongsoo Lee, making minimalist staples in heritage fabrics and faded neutral tones.
SeoulOrigin
MenswearFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Document
Same staples, altered each season
Jongsoo Lee builds collections from repetition: shirting, trousers, outerwear and knitwear return each season with small shifts in structure and proportion rather than new graphics.
Faded neutrals over visible branding
The palette stays in softly washed neutrals, and heritage fabrics and relaxed tailoring carry the collection instead of logos or prints.
Seoul label at international prices
Founded in 2014, it sells direct and through overseas stockists including SSENSE, and sits at a high price tier justified by fabric and cut rather than trend content.
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Melton Coats
Light wool and shearling-trimmed Kemp melton coats show the label's habit of reworking one classic silhouette with small structural shifts each season.
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High Density Cotton Tailoring
The oversized blazer and painter pants in high density cotton define DOCUMENT's relaxed, faded-neutral approach to tailoring.
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78% matchBrand facts
DOCUMENT is a Seoul ready-to-wear label founded by designer Jongsoo Lee, who debuted the brand in 2014 with a concept drawn from Gilles Deleuze's writing on repetition and difference. The menswear-led collections rework wardrobe staples — outerwear, relaxed tailoring, shirting and knitwear — in heritage fabrics and a softly faded palette of neutrals, adding small structural and proportion shifts each season rather than seasonal graphics. The brand sells through its own channels and international stockists including SSENSE.
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Made in
- Asia
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- September 2026
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Quiet luxury, Workwear / Heritage