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Brand profile
POST ARCHIVE FACTION
Seoul menswear label using industrial-design logic for asymmetric, technical garments split across its Right, Center and Left lines.
SeoulOrigin
MenswearFocus
TechwearStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about POST ARCHIVE FACTION
Every garment is filed Left, Center or Right
Collections are numbered as versions and split into three lines: Right for fundamentals, Center for bridging pieces, Left for the most radical construction.
Outerwear built like industrial design
Both founders trained in industrial and spatial design, which shows in asymmetric seaming, exposed hardware and the sculptural Runner jackets it is best known for.
Seoul label on the Paris schedule
PAF shows in Paris, co-founder Dongjoon Lim was a 2021 LVMH Prize semi-finalist, and Kolon Industries FnC and BASS Ventures hold minority stakes.
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Brand facts
Post Archive Faction (PAF) is a Seoul menswear label founded in 2018 by Dongjoon Lim and Sookyo Jeong, both trained in industrial and spatial design. Collections are numbered as evolving versions and split into three lines — Right (fundamental), Center (bridging) and Left (radical) — built around asymmetric seaming, exposed hardware, technical fabrics and sculptural outerwear such as its Runner jackets. Lim was a 2021 LVMH Prize semi-finalist. PAF shows in Paris, presenting its Fall/Winter 2025 collection "Future Past Present," and is backed by minority investors Kolon Industries FnC and BASS Ventures.
- Founded
- 2018
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Made in
- Asia
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Techwear, Avant-garde, Streetwear