Brain Dead
art-school graphic streetwear
Streetwear Core · United States
Cheaper, worse made
Quality
6/10
Price
$$
Design
8 of 10
Reputation
7 of 10
Trendy · Loud · Casual
Cav Empt
Cav Empt at a glance
Quality
Price
$$$Premium labels average 7.6
Value
6.1Better value than 53% of labels
Typical US prices
tees $100-130, sweats $250-300
Cav Empt is a Japanese streetwear core label best known for abstract techy streetwear — quality 7/10, leaning very trend-forward, very expressive and very casual.
Streetwear · Skate · Graphic · Casual · Tech · Distinctive · Trend Driven · Bold
Scores
Design
8.5 of 10
Reputation
7 of 10
Style
Quality 7 — joint 4th of 22 streetwear brands (average 6.3). Value 6.1 — joint 158th of 370 for quality against price; not on the Value Frontier.
Scores last reviewed July 8, 2026 · Sources: shop.doverstreetmarket.com (opens in a new tab), propermag.com (opens in a new tab) · How we score
For less
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