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Seam-shifted, asymmetrically panelled technical trousers are PAF's structural calling card, the piece that translates its deconstructive design formulas most literally.
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POST ARCHIVE FACTION (PAF)
Seoul label deconstructing garments into asymmetric, seam-shifted technical outerwear across numbered RIGHT, CENTER and LEFT collection tiers.
SeoulOrigin
MenswearFocus
Avant-gardeStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about POST ARCHIVE FACTION (PAF)
POST ARCHIVE FACTION (PAF) is a Seoul menswear label founded in 2018 by Dongjoon Lim and Sookyo Jeong, both trained in industrial and spatial design. The brand deconstructs and reassembles garments into new structural formulas, releasing numbered evolutionary collections (1.0 through 8.0+) split into RIGHT, CENTER and LEFT lines running from conventional to radical. Signatures include seam-shifted, asymmetric technical outerwear and trousers in muted palettes. An LVMH Prize semi-finalist in 2021, PAF shows in Paris, collaborates with On and District Vision, and operates a Sindang-dong flagship. Kolon Industries FnC invested in 2023, BASS Ventures in 2025.
The pieces that define POST ARCHIVE FACTION (PAF)
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The Drifter single and double blazers show PAF reassembling formal tailoring into off-kilter, engineered silhouettes.
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Runner, Track and Opening jackets define the brand's muted, technical outerwear language that made it an LVMH Prize semi-finalist.
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Brand facts
- Founded
- 2018
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Price
- $$$$
- Typical prices
- Footwear $204–$263 · Jackets $277–$518 · T-shirts $104–$124
- Focus
- Menswear
- Styles
- Avant-garde, Techwear