90% matchNanamica
Same GORE-TEX-meets-everyday Japanese sensibility
What changes: Pure brand, no multi-label retail, more preppy-nautical styling
Brand profile
HAVEN Vancouver
Vancouver menswear retailer and in-house label, founded 2006, pairing Japanese imports like visvim and WTAPS with its own Pacific Northwest technical outerwear.
VancouverOrigin
MenswearFocus
TechwearStyle
$$$Price
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What to know about HAVEN Vancouver
A retailer that became a label
HAVEN spent a decade stocking visvim, WTAPS and Neighborhood before launching its own collection around 2016, and still sells both side by side.
Pacific Northwest weather sets the brief
The in-house line centres on GORE-TEX shells, fleece and relaxed everyday pieces built for Vancouver rain rather than styling exercises.
Made in Canada and Japan
Production sits in Canada and Japan, which explains pricing above mainstream outdoor brands and closer to the Japanese labels it retails.
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Brand facts
HAVEN is a Vancouver-based menswear retailer and in-house label founded in 2006 by brothers Arthur and Daniel Chmielewski, who opened their first store in Edmonton before moving west. It carries Japanese and international labels including visvim, WTAPS and Neighborhood alongside its own collection, launched around 2016, which focuses on Pacific Northwest-informed technical outerwear, GORE-TEX shells, fleece and relaxed everyday pieces produced in Canada and Japan. The company runs retail spaces in Vancouver and Toronto, ships globally, and staged a New York pop-up in 2026.
- Founded
- 2006
- Origin
- Vancouver, Canada
- Price
- $$$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- September 2026
- Styles
- Techwear, Minimalist / Contemporary, Gorpcore / Outdoor