ts(s)

ts(s) was founded in 2002 in Tokyo by Japanese designer Takuji Suzuki as a contemporary luxury menswear brand specifically focused on what Suzuki described as 'a deliberately-Japanese-everyday Americana-and-British-tailoring-hybrid menswear vocabulary anchored to traditional Japanese craft and contemporary cosmopolitan tailoring proportions.' The brand has been one of the defining post-2002 Tokyo-anchored 'Japanese-Americana-tailoring' menswear brands. The ts(s) vocabulary settled around several recurring elements: deconstructed Japanese-cotton-and-Italian-mill-wool tailored separates with deliberately-Japanese-Americana hybrid proportional construction, hand-finished cotton-and-linen oxford shirts with hand-finished Japanese-tailoring detail, the brand's iconic ts(s) outerwear programme (deliberately-deconstructed Japanese-and-American workwear-and-tailoring hybrid construction), hand-knitted Japanese-mill cotton-and-wool sweaters, and a colour palette anchored to washed-navy, ecru, oxblood, washed-charcoal, plus the brand's recurring use of natural-indigo, washed-cream, and the iconic Japanese-everyday-cosmopolitan aesthetic colour combinations. The brand is independent and held by Suzuki. ts(s) operates flagship retail in Tokyo (Daikanyama — the brand's home flagship; Aoyama), plus international wholesale through Beams Plus, Nepenthes, MR PORTER, MATCHES, Self Edge, Stag NY, the broader Japanese-and-American heritage-menswear specialty network, and a curated set of contemporary-luxury-menswear specialty retailers globally. The brand has been one of the more quietly disciplined post-2002 Tokyo-anchored 'Japanese-Americana-tailoring-hybrid' brands.