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A Kind of Guise

A Kind of Guise at a glance

Quality

Price

$$$

Premium labels average 7.6

Value

6.3Better value than 58% of labels

Typical US prices

shirts $250-350, outerwear $500-900

A Kind of Guise is a German contemporary designer label best known for elevated German menswear — quality 8.5/10, leaning quiet.

Quality 8.5 against reputation 6: better than its name suggests.

Scores

Design

7 of 10

Reputation

6 of 10

Style

Quality 8.5 — joint 2nd of 44 contemporary designer brands (average 6.9). Value 6.3 — joint 153rd of 370 for quality against price; not on the Value Frontier.

Scores last reviewed July 8, 2026 · Sources: A Kind of Guise official site (opens in a new tab), Highsnobiety (opens in a new tab), Monocle (opens in a new tab) · How we score

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