Sacai
hybridized technical tailoring
Avant Designer · Japan
Similar price, same quality
Quality
9/10
Price
$$$$+
Design
9 of 10
Reputation
8 of 10
Trendy
Junya Watanabe
Junya Watanabe at a glance
Quality
Price
$$$$+Designer labels average 8.5
Value
5.8Better value than 39% of labels
Typical US prices
tees $325-870, knitwear $590-1450, outerwear $1810-3020
Junya Watanabe is a Japanese avant designer label best known for experimental tailoring and collabs — quality 9/10, leaning trend-forward.
Scores
Design
9.5 of 10
Reputation
8.5 of 10
Style
Quality 9 — joint 2nd of 20 avant-garde designer brands (average 8.0). Value 5.8 — joint 219th of 370 for quality against price; not on the Value Frontier.
Scores last reviewed July 8, 2026 · Sources: Highsnobiety (opens in a new tab), Highsnobiety (2) (opens in a new tab), Wikipedia (opens in a new tab) · How we score
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