A.PRESSE
A. PRESSE was established in 2021 by brand director Kazuma Shigematsu. It is a quite novel and eye-catching brand.
The brand is committed to faithfully reproducing high-quality fabrics, silhouettes and other details into its designs in its collections, striving to create enduring daily wear that is not limited by time.
In addition to the classic retro elements, the brand's styles and tailoring are also made with high-quality materials to create a modern quality. The high-quality fabrics and loose and comfortable tailoring have won the favor. They will definitely occupy the home. One of the brands that has a place in your wardrobe.
AURALEE
Auralee was established in 2015 by Japanese designer and Bunka Fashion College graduate Ryota Iwai. Each collection is a result of extensive research on high-quality raw materials. Different textures and fabrications are used as inspiration to create pieces balanced by sensitive sophistication. Timeless yet rooted in the moment, the label creates staples combining elegance, effortlessness, and functionality.
Auralee’s values are inscribed in a true sense of modernity and purpose : Authenticity rhymes with clarity of design; calm elegance aligns with gentle formality; comfort is balanced by sensitive sophistication.
Auralee means “ The Lands That Lights Up”. In the words of founder Ryota Iwai : “I didn’t want the brand’s name to be too dramatic or meaningful. I definitely would’ve been uncomfortable naming the brand after myself. I wanted something concise—and memorable. ‘Auralee’ is the title of an old American folk song. At first, I didn’t know what it actually meant—I just responded to the soulful , evocative sound of the name. When I found out its meaning, I thought it very appropriate : I envision my collections to be worn in the morning light.”
AND WANDER
And wander was launched in 2011 by two designers, Keita Ikeuchi and Mihoko Mori, who worked together as designers at ISSEY MIYAKE. This brand was born of a strong passion of the two founders: for making “fashion in the nature/mountains just as enjoyable as the everyday fashion”. We have been pursuing to offer sophisticated items with the blend of high-fashion style that stimulates the consumers’ sensibilities within the functionality and practicality of outdoor clothing.
“The pleasure of playing in the mountains” has been our brand’s philosophy from the day one. From creating a new collection of items every season to operating user-participatory hiking clubs, and wander is actively engaging in various activities in every possible way.
A BATHING APE
A Bathing Ape (or BAPE) is a Japanese fashion brand founded by Nigo (Tomoaki Nagao) in Ura-Harajuku in 1993. The brand specializes in men's, women's and children's lifestyle and street wear. Nigo is Japanese fashion designer, disc jockey (DJ), record producer and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the streetwear brand, A Bathing Ape (Bape), and currently serves as artistic director for Kenzo. Additionally he is a member of the Japanese group Teriyaki Boyz, serving as their official in-house DJ since the group's 2005 debut.
BEAMS JAPAN
The first "BEAMS" store opened in Harajuku in 1976 was a pioneer of Japan's hybrid fashion boutiques. In addition to clothing, we also select and sell Japanese and overseas groceries and home furnishings, records, and works of art to create a variety of high-quality products for lifestyles. Currently, BEAMS has more than 30 brands, each of which follows its own concept and launches original clothing and groceries.
BIG BLACK MARIA (BBM)
Founded in 2005 by Aoyama Masataka-sho, a traditionalist and designer, Main works include deductive silverware style, extraordinary feathers, old hawks, etc., Coverage of the history and culture of the East and West and gorgeous decorations. Expanding method and appearance.
BOWWOW
"BOWWOW" was founded in 2017 by Kenichi Gomori. The 90's was a time when various cultures mingled and many fashions were born, no other period in Japanese fashion has been as powerful as that of the 90s.
The brand “BOWWOW” retains the atmosphere of the 90's. It is a modernized brand that goes back and forth between the past and the present,
BOWWOW” is a brand that modernizes the past and the present, retaining the atmosphere of the 90s.
The brand is based on the subculture that has been delved into and the processing expression that has been pursued.
We make clothes with “charm” that can be felt only from beloved vintage.
Our pursuit and inquisitiveness as a person of expression will never cease in the future.
”DIGGIN' IN THE CRATES”
https://www.humanbeshop.com/categories/bowwow
COMME DES GARCONS
COMME des GARÇONS (CDG) is a Japanese clothing brand founded by the self-taught fashion designer Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo in 1969, now based in Tokyo, Japan, and in Palace Vendôme in Paris, France. The brand has several sub-labels, including COMME des GARÇONS PLAY, recognizable from the iconic heart logo, and menswear-focused COMME des GARÇONS HOMME, and PARFUM.
DAIWA PIER39
DAIWA's beginnings date back to the OEM production of reels for overseas markets. In 1958, the company was founded as "Daiwa Seiko Co., Ltd.", and in 1962, it began selling reels domestically. In the 1970s, it achieved the world's highest sales of fishing tackle. Since then, it has continued to lead the global fishing market.
This line proposes the idea of "a bridge that seamlessly connects nature and the city", and is an apparel collection that combines designs for enjoying urban life with ideas for enjoying fishing. The ideas found in the experience of the fishing scene that has been cultivated so far are expressed in every detail to support the field of everyday life. "DAIWA PIER39" is real clothes born from the hobby of fishing.
DESCENDANT
Tetsu Nishiyama, the manager and designer of Japanese brand WTAPS, founded his personal branch brand DESCENDANT. Which was co-founded by him and his wife Mikiko in 2014. The style of DCDT is quite different from WTAPS. The brand takes "family" as its starting point and provides streetwear that can be used by the whole family.
EGONLAB
Egonlab is a French fashion label founded in 2019 by Florentin Glémarec and Kévin Nompeix. The brand is known for its gender-neutral designs that blend masculine and feminine elements, often incorporating historical and artistic inspirations. They aim to bridge generations through romance and rebellion, creating a space for self-expression and challenging conventional norms.
ENGINEERED GARMENTS
Engineered Garments was founded by Daiki Suzuki in New York in 1999. As a brand, our aim is make garments that become more personal through the experiences with them. We value unique garment construction with attention as details.
FDMTL
FDMTL (Fundamental Agreement Luxury), founded in 2005 by Tsuyoshi Gaku, is the most eye-catching Japanese denim brand in recent years. All its products are produced in Okayama Prefecture, the important denim town in Japan, and the quality is absolutely high. doubt.
Popular elements integrated into traditional crafts.
GRAMICCI
Since 1982, Gramicci has been creating functional clothing for life in the great outdoors.
Made for active living and loved by a wide range of users, what began in a garage in Ventura, California has now spread to the streets.
After the great sucess in Japan and Korea, GROOVY STORE officially moved to the city in 2018. GRAMICCI Japan Line products, which have a Japanese street style element and many original products.
GOD SELECTION XXX
Founded by Yasunari Miyazaki, the Japanese streetwear brand has garnered cult following since its debut in 2003. As uniform for progressive youth culture, the label excels at incorporating elements of underground Japanese culture.
GOLDWIN
Immerse yourself in nature. Feel your body unite with the world. GOLDWIN JAPAN started its page of history in 1950 from a small knit fabric factory, Tsuzawa Knit Fabric Factory, in Oyabe City in Toyama Prefecture.
We became a pure sporting goods manufacturer and launched our original brand, GOLDWIN production from 1958.
For more than 70 years, this unity between human and nature has been the driving force behind Goldwin. We believe that the greatest innovations are born from what nature teaches us, and that nature’s most important teaching is harmony. Through an obsessive dedication to detail, and by designing all of our products to improve quality of life, we strive to help create a circular economy – one in which clothing coexists with the world as much as humans do.
Harmony with nature can, and should, be heightened by the clothes you wear. That is our belief, our design philosophy, and our promise to humanity.
We became a pure sporting goods manufacturer and launched our original brand, GOLDWIN production from 1958.
For more than 70 years, this unity between human and nature has been the driving force behind Goldwin. We believe that the greatest innovations are born from what nature teaches us, and that nature’s most important teaching is harmony. Through an obsessive dedication to detail, and by designing all of our products to improve quality of life, we strive to help create a circular economy – one in which clothing coexists with the world as much as humans do.
Harmony with nature can, and should, be heightened by the clothes you wear. That is our belief, our design philosophy, and our promise to humanity.
Hender Scheme
Hender Scheme was founded in 2010 by designer Ryo Kashiwazaki.
In order to transcend the framework of gender recognition, the brand moved Gender from "G" to "H", which also shows the brand's attitude towards social relations. When we pick up a Hender Scheme product, we will be impressed by its exquisite design and details, and we can immediately recognize it.
"This product is designed to stay with you for a long time."
The brand uses the leather characteristics of the original color leather, which will slowly deepen the color of the skin as you use it. In other words, the product is changing its characteristics anytime and anywhere, and every second of use is changing it. Therefore, every time you use it, it is a brand new item, changing and growing every minute and every second. Time makes other items disappear and become inferior, but in the finished products of Hender Scheme.
HUMAN MADE
Human Made is a Japanese fashion label, founded by fashion designer and music producer/DJ NIGO, in 2010.
NIGO started up this brand in order to create things he was not able to with his revolutionary, trendsetting streetwear brand - A Bathing Ape (BAPE).
HYSTERIC GLAMOUR
Hysteric Glamour was launched in 1984 when Kitamura decided to bring his designs to the world. Serving as chief designer, company manager, and store developer, Kitamura has spent his entire career building the label Hysteric Glamour into the popular tag it is known as today. It is a clothing line for ladies from the high teens to the mid-twenties. It is mainly known for its t-shirts and jeans. The designs are colorful and mixing the 70’s style with a taste of industrial mass media pop recognized in American comics.
JUNYA WATANABE
Junya Watanabe is a fashion designer working in Tokyo. Born in Fukushima in 1961, Watanabe graduated from Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo in 1984 and immediately joined Comme des Garçons as a pattern cutter and underling of founder-owner of Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo.
KAPITAL
Kapital as a company began in the 1980s. Brand founder, Toshikiyo Hirata, discovered his love for American denim while teaching Karate in the United States. Upon returning to his homeland of Japan, Toshikiyo had his heart set on producing his own denim. Toshikiyo opened his first factory in 1984, with his own denim and vintage store in Kojima following shortly after.
KAPTAIN SUNSHINE
Designer Shinsuke Kojima's main clothing brand start at 2013, adheres to high quality raw materials and refines Japanese factory's exquisite sewing technology, each passing item is designed to be practical and stylish.
KENZO
KENZO is a French luxury fashion brand founded by designer Kenzo Takada in 1970. Now under the leadership of creative director Nigo, KENZO is developing a new direction and vision.
MAISON MIHARA YASUHIRO (MMY)
MMY Yasuhiro Mihara launched his shoe brand MIHARAYASUHIRO in 1997 after being inspired by a shoe factory he visited while attending Tama Art University. Now with a lineup consisting of footwear and clothing, Mihara has received international praise for his unique twists on classic menswear silhouettes, often creating asymmetric masterpieces and sewing together layers of different garments.
MASTERMIND JAPAN
Mastermind created by designer Masaaki Honma in 1997, often produces limited of each item it designs. Punk-inspired graphics combine with beautiful detailing in precious raw materials like diamond to give the collection a unique aesthetic.
MINEDENIM
The MINEDENIM brand moves away from conventional denim brand frameworks and stereotypes to bring standards and innovation into coexistence. Designs and patterns that overemphasize vintage and focus on craftsmanship that reproduces the good old techniques of the past result in clothing that is unfashionable, unrefined, and incompatible with the preferences of people today. The beautiful silhouettes, refined detail, and real look of denim clothing by MINEDENIM is a complete departure from such outdated styles. Quality is another element of our fine denim clothing.
MINEDENIM factory in Okayama, a district renowned for denim production, has a history of more than 30 years of successful manufacturing of denim clothing of guaranteed quality.We are also working with Japanese denim producing centers that boast advanced manufacturing techniques to develop new materials and processing techniques.And direction is provided by stylist Tsuyoshi Noguchi who has been involved with a broad range of denim from vintage to mode. Noguchi's experience and aesthetic sense honed from long years of watching vintage and mode styles have given birth to a uniquely sophisticated denim style.
NANAMICA
Nanamica is a casual fashion brand centered on outdoor activities, headquartered in Tokyo founded in 2003 by Eiichiro Homma. The brand combines classic aesthetics with performance-driven construction across a range of clothing.
https://www.humanbeshop.com/categories/nanamica
NEIGHBORHOOD
Shinsuke Takizawa launched his brand Neighborhood Japan back in 1994 but, as is often the case, the story didn’t just begin there. Takizawa first visited the area of Harajuku in the 1980s, which at the time was undergoing a phase of culture exploration with thanks to pioneers such as Hiroshi Fujiwara and Nobuhiko Kitamura leaning on Western influences. During a stint at record label Major Force, he took over the design side of the business and Takizawa’s interest indesign flourished.
NEEDLES
KEIZO SHIMIZU born in Yamanashi, Japan in1958. NEPENTHES representative, "NEEDLES" designer. Founded NEPENTHES in 1988. Established his own brand "NEEDLES" in 1995. Starting the remake wear capsule collection "REBUILD by NEEDLES” in 2010.
NONNATIVE
Founded in Japan in 1999 by Takayuki Fujii, the reason for the creation of the brand is a high-performance, modern Japanese clothing brand, suitable for daily life and travel exploration. Nonnative fusion of street style and external elements, emphasizing the practicality and durability of clothing, and the possibility of multiple installations. Inviting products are included in the Dweller series, which is suitable for cutting, durable materials and wide acceptance.In addition, the Hiker series coat is also deeply accepted, and the joy and love of foreign enthusiasts, and the perfect balance between everyday life and adventures.
OFF-WHITE
The company was first founded as "PYREX VISION" by Virgil Abloh in the Italian city of Milan in 2012. Abloh then rebranded the company as Off-White in 2013, which he described as "the grey area between black and white as the color off-white" to the fashion world.
PORTER CLASSIC
Established by Katsuyuki & Leo Yoshida in 2007. The brand incorporates 'made in Japan' & 'global design' at its foundation. Drawing inspiration from both traditional ideas and experimental approaches, as well as various art genres, modern technology, and skilled artisanship, Porter Classic creates products that will last for generations.
READY MADE
Founded in 2013, designer Yuta Hosokawa used antique military cloth as material to reshape the life of classic silhouettes under the name "READYMADE". Although there is no fixed image photo shoot, the brand still It became popular due to the promotion of social media. The name comes from the concept of French artist Marcel Duchamp, and the purpose of READYMADE is peace and anti-war. In view of the fact that we are in a peaceful age and do not want any more wars, we disassembled the original The canvas specially made for the military has become an anti-war consciousness and the core value of the brand.
SOPHNET
Formed by Kiyonaga Hirofumi in 1998. Since he is a football enthusiast, his designs often consist of element from the sport.
In the early day, the brand is called Soph. but since then it has changed into the menswear line, SOPHNET, Uniform Experimant, FCRB.
SAINT MICHAEL
Saint Michael known as "Saint Mxxxxxx" or Saint Mx6 is a brand founded by Japanese designer Yuta Hosokawa and LA-based artist Cali Thornhill DeWitt in 2020. Hosokawa is known for his recycled materials brand Readymade, and DeWitt has been a part of several art and fashion projects, most notably creating merchandise for Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo tour. T-shirts are printed with faded graphics, giving the design a vintage look. Designs are coated in a solution, giving items a t-shirt graphic that is forever-lasting.
SACAI
Sacai was founded in 1999 by Abe Chitose in Tokyo, Japan. The brand combines materials with different textures to form strong contrasts, such as combining needlepoint fabric and ultra-soft shuttle fabric, and uses skilled techniques to derive new clothing pattern designs, creating designs and cuts that people could never have imagined, thereby embodying diverse and mixed ideas. The series of designer creations look charming, but in fact she is passionate about producing unique and timeless clothing that combines innovation and experimentation. The series is designed to be all-matching and can meet various needs.
S.F.C (Stripes For Creative)
"SFC (Stripes For Creative)" is a Japanese brand at 2020, that creates unique basic items based on the concepts of "original stripes" and "irregular balance". The stripes in the brand logo were created by artist Nigel Graff.
SOUTH2 WEST8
Founded in 2003, based in the Northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. With its name, taken after the address of the Sapporo flagship store, and the theme of “fishing” with vast nature of Hokkaido as its backdrop, the brand offers the duality of function and fashion via authentic ideas and technical capabilities. Within the broad field of fishing, SOUTH2 WEST8 directs its focus on traditional Japanese method of fly-fishing “Tenkara”, and have a total collection of not only wears but gears like the original waders and rods. Untethered by its common customs, the brand’s boundless creations and distinctive angle has acquired approval and support worldwide.
UNDERCOVER
Undercover is a Japanese brand founded by Jun Takahashi in 1993. Taking influence from street culture, punk and from its homeland, the brand has gained strong acclaim among streetwear fantatics. They are stocked globally and show their collections at Paris Fashion Week.
VISVIM
Visvim is a Japanese menswear brand founded by Hiroki Nakamura in Ura-Harajuku in 2001. Born in Kofu, Japan, Nakamura grew up in eighties Tokyo, spending most of his teenage years in the capital. Fashion in post-war Japan was largely informed by casual American clothing and Nakamura soon gained an understanding – and a fascination – of Americana style. The brand is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has stores in Japan and the USA.
WASTED YOUTH
VERDY was born in Osaka in 1987 and is one of Japan's most famous artists, known for his unique Tokyo street illustrations and graphic design works. The launch of his personal brand WASTED YOUTH in 2017 and the recent Girls Don’t Cry have attracted much attention in the fashion circle, but he always uses pop-up stores to let people around the world know his ideas.
WTAPS
WTAPS was founded in 1996 by Tetsu Nishiyama, a.k.a TET. Born and raised in Tokyo, Tetsu began his fashion career in 1993 with his first label, FPAR (Forty Percents Against Rights). Originally started as a graphic bootleg label, Tetsu launched FPAR with the mission statement “to sabotage the fabricated information regulated by mass media using immediately effective forms of expression”. Tetsu used FPAR to express his views through rebellious, alternative silk-screen prints inspired by the guerrilla media tactics employed by anarchists and rebel movements.
WACKO MARIA
Originally founded in 2005 by retired J-league footballers Keiji Ishizuka and Atsuhiko Mori, Wacko Maria remains an influential though low-key brand in the Japanese fashion scene. Its Paradise City location is a retail trinity that combines a clothing store, vintage sound system, and coffee shop.
WHITE MOUNTAINEERING
Launched by a Japanese designer, Yosuke Aizawa in 2006, White Mountaineering displays menswear collections carrying niche outdoor-inspired streetwear garments and accessories.
WIND AND SEA
WIND AND SEA was founded by Takashi Kumagai in 2018, offers colorful and simple designs for skateboard enthusiasts, the famous Japanese fashion icon Kimura Takuya is also one of the fans of the brand.
