Quality
Price
$$$Premium labels average 7.6
Value
6.9Better value than 81% of labels
Typical US prices
shirts $175, tees $75, jackets $515
Buzz Rickson's is a Japanese japanese craft label best known for military repro outerwear — quality 10/10, leaning very timeless, quiet and very casual.
Quality 10 against reputation 7: better than its name suggests.
Scores
Design
7 of 10
Reputation
7 of 10
Style
Quality 10 — joint 1st of 21 Japanese denim & craft brands (average 9.0). Value 6.9 — joint 69th of 370 for quality against price; on the Value Frontier.
Scores last reviewed July 6, 2026 · Sources: Heddels (opens in a new tab), Heddels (2) (opens in a new tab) · How we score
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