80% matchSaturdays NYC
Coastal, easy basics in muted palettes with a café-shop retail bent
What changes: Surf rather than field-sport heritage, more shirting-led
Brand profile
Earls Collection
Sydney menswear label founded in 2018 by ex-NRL player Lewi Brown, reworking sporting heritage into relaxed knitwear, sweats and baggy separates.
SydneyOrigin
MenswearFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Earls Collection
Founded by an ex-rugby league pro
Lewi Earl Brown, a former professional rugby league player, started the label in 2018 with Josh Heares and named it after his middle name.
Sportswear redrawn as loose, textured basics
Sporting references land in relaxed shapes: knitwear, heavy French terry sweats, crochet shirting and baggy pants in muted, texture-led colours.
Sneaker and running-brand collaborations
Earls made a GT-2160 with ASICS in 2024 and has worked with Danish running label Saysky, alongside the t-shirts it is best known for.
If you like Earls Collection
80% match
76% matchArte Antwerp
Sportswear shapes with graphic and textural knitwear at its core
What changes: Louder prints and logo-driven graphics vs muted tonal palette
70% matchJJJJound
Muted essentials plus sneaker-collab pedigree, stricter minimalism
What changes: Colder, archival minimalism with scarce drops and no sport lineage
67% matchÉtudes
Pared-back relaxed shapes anchored by an art-world identity
What changes: Workwear and gallery references rather than athletic heritage
Brand facts
Earls Collection is a Sydney menswear label founded in 2018 by former professional rugby league player Lewi Earl Brown alongside co-founder Josh Heares, named after Brown's middle name. The brand reworks sporting heritage into relaxed silhouettes: knitwear, heavy French terry sweats, crochet shirting and baggy pants and shorts in muted, texture-led palettes. It released a collaborative ASICS GT-2160 sneaker in 2024 and has worked with Danish running label Saysky. Earls opened its first permanent store in Sydney's Paddington in July 2025.
- Founded
- 2018
- Origin
- Sydney, Australia
- Made in
- Asia
- Price
- $$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Streetwear, Urban prep / Ivy