16 Brands Like orSlow for Heritage Workwear and Denim
Finding orSlow and finding somewhere to buy it are two different jobs. The Japanese label's own site lists the products and then hands you a stockist directory, because there's no cart on orslow.jp at all. You end up at Beams, or a US boutique, paying whatever they've marked it at.
That's the tax on repro workwear made in small runs. These 16 labels chase the same thing orSlow does, which is a chore jacket or a pair of jeans built the way they were built in 1950, and most of them will sell one to you directly. Prices below are quoted in the currency each shop serves, and where a site blocked us we've said so instead of guessing.
| Brand | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Visvim | $629 to $2,590 USD | The collector's tier |
| nanamica | $30 to $2,270 USD | Workwear cut for a city commute |
| FULLCOUNT | $365 USD (1108) | One perfect pair of raw jeans |
| Universal Works | £65 to £295 GBP | Chore jackets under £200 |
| Tellason | $275 USD | Selvedge denim sewn in the US |
| Post O'Alls | ¥63,800 to ¥71,500 JPY | Odd, archive-led jacket patterns |
| Iron Heart | £145 to £456 GBP | Heavyweight denim that fights back |
| Filson | $599 USD (Mackinaw Cruiser) | Wool outerwear for actual weather |
| A.P.C. | $270 to $565 USD | Raw denim with a clean front |
| Nigel Cabourn | Premium, price not verified | Military archive reproductions |
| Taylor Stitch | $118 to $178 USD | Work shirts you'll wear weekly |
| Levi's Vintage Clothing | Premium, price not verified | The originals orSlow references |
| Nudie Jeans | £145 GBP (Lean Dean Dry) | Free repairs for as long as you own them |
| RRL | Premium, price not verified | Americana with a fashion budget |
| Buck Mason | $268 USD (Felted Wool Chore Coat) | The softest landing on this list |
| Norse Projects | DKK 1,800 to DKK 5,500 | Workwear shapes, Scandinavian restraint |
Visvim
Visvim spends four figures on the same reverence for old construction that orSlow builds its whole catalogue on. The North American web store lists the 101XX JKT G.CORDS at $2,590 USD and a Jumbo Tee S/S at $629 USD, so nothing here arrives by accident.
The money buys fabric development and hand-finishing spread across a full outfit instead of one pair of jeans. Visvim runs separate regional web stores, and the North American one ships across the United States, with Canadian orders picking up import duties on arrival.
Best for: readers who own their orSlow jeans already and want the tier above.
nanamica
nanamica runs a New York store that prices in USD, which makes it the easiest Japanese label on this list to buy from. The catalogue stretches from a $30 bandana to a $2,270 leather jacket, with the Brewed Protein Cruiser Jacket at $1,600 and the Balmacaan Coat at $1,900.
Where orSlow reproduces old cuts, nanamica redraws them around commuting. The house also produces THE NORTH FACE Purple Label, which tells you how the design brief runs: outdoor engineering, city proportions, no visible branding to speak of. Shipping covers the 50 US states plus Canada.
Best for: workwear silhouettes you can wear into an office without explaining yourself.
FULLCOUNT
FULLCOUNT makes the single-product argument against orSlow's full wardrobe. The 1108 Slim Straight costs $365 USD, uses 13.7oz original selvedge denim in 100% Zimbabwean cotton, and is sewn in Okayama.
Sizes run 27 through 40 in raw, which is a wider range than most Japanese denim houses bother with. The shop prices in USD and sells direct, so you skip the stockist markup that orSlow's own site pushes you toward. Note that the brand's store lives at fullcount.co, not the .jp domain, which belongs to an unrelated Japanese company.
Best for: buying one pair of raw jeans and wearing them for four years.
Universal Works
Universal Works is the cheapest honest route into this look. Its jackets run £65 to £295 GBP, and the OG Bakers Chore Jacket sits at £200 in brown Meco denim or £190 in charcoal Seattle cotton.
The Nottingham label works from British and European workwear patterns instead of Japanese ones, so the shoulders sit a little wider and the fabrics lean toward twill and linen slub rather than heavy indigo. That makes it the version of this wardrobe you can wear in July.
Best for: a first chore jacket at under half what orSlow charges.
Tellason
Tellason answers the question of what happens when Americans build to Japanese denim standards on home soil. The John Graham Mellor Slim Straight in 14.75oz costs $275 USD, and the fits carry names instead of numbers, so you pick Ankara for straight and Ladbroke Grove for slim tapered.
Everything is sewn in the United States, and US orders over $150 ship free with free returns. There's no seasonal churn to keep up with, which suits the way people buy raw denim.
Best for: American-made selvedge without the flight to Osaka.
Post O'Alls
Post O'Alls draws on the same 1930s and 1940s American work jackets orSlow does, then changes the pattern until it stops looking like a reproduction. The WWII No.1 Jacket runs ¥71,500 JPY and the POS-Toker 40 runs ¥63,800 JPY.
Buying from outside Japan works, with one wrinkle worth knowing: everything ships by EMS through Japan Post, the 10% Japanese consumption tax comes off at checkout for overseas addresses, and shipping to the US runs ¥5,000. Import duty lands on you at the other end.
Best for: jacket patterns no other label on this list is cutting.
Iron Heart
Iron Heart builds the heaviest clothes here. Bottoms start at £145 GBP and climb to £456 for the 21oz Selvedge Denim Double Knee Overalls, while the STF 8oz Brushed Twill Chore Jacket sits at £298.
Weight is the whole proposition. A 21oz jean takes months to break in and then holds its shape in a way a 12oz pair can't, which is the opposite of orSlow's softer, faster-fading approach. The UK arm prices in GBP and stocks the full range plus its own London-made pieces.
Best for: denim that outlasts the trousers you own now by a decade.
Filson
Filson covers the outerwear half of this wardrobe better than any Japanese label does. The Mackinaw Wool Cruiser Jacket costs $599 USD in charcoal and has barely changed shape in a century.
The reference points sit further west than orSlow's: logging camps and Alaska rather than Osaka workshops. Filson's wool and tin cloth are built for weather rather than fade patterns, so the appeal is warmth and abrasion resistance instead of indigo character. Prices show in USD and the site ships domestically without fuss.
Best for: one wool jacket you stop replacing.
A.P.C.
A.P.C. shares orSlow's raw denim obsession and none of its workwear detailing. The US store prices Petit Standard jeans at $340 USD, with the men's denim category running $270 to $565 across jeans, shirts and jackets.
The Paris label strips the rivets, patches and contrast stitching out, which leaves a jean that fades hard but reads as plain from across a room. That flatness is why A.P.C. denim survives in wardrobes that have nothing else workwear in them. The US site prices in USD, so you skip the euro conversion on apc.fr.
Best for: raw denim you can wear with a suit jacket.
Nigel Cabourn
Nigel Cabourn works from a personal archive of military and expedition clothing, which puts it closer to orSlow's research habit than anything else British. We couldn't verify a price in dollars or pounds, so treat it as premium and check before you commit.
The reason is structural rather than technical. Cabourn's worldwide orders route through the Outer Limits online store in Japan, priced in yen and carrying a purchase-agency fee for overseas buyers. If you'd sooner see the clothes first, US stockists include The Armoury in Tribeca and Standard and Strange in New York.
Best for: military reproductions with the archive research behind them.
Taylor Stitch
Taylor Stitch is the volume option, and the prices show it. The Jack in Blue Everyday Oxford costs $118 USD and the Cutter Overshirt in Canal Check costs $178, with the men's shirt range topping out at $198.
The San Francisco brand borrows workwear shapes without the archival fidelity orSlow insists on, so a Yosemite shirt at $138 gives you the pocket placement and the collar without the 1940s fabric weight. That's the trade, and for a shirt you'll wear weekly it's a reasonable one.
Best for: filling out the wardrobe around one expensive Japanese piece.
Levi's Vintage Clothing
Levi's Vintage Clothing reproduces the garments orSlow reproduces, from the company that made them the first time. LVC works from the Levi's archive and recreates specific years, so a 1947 501 comes with that year's fit, fabric and hardware.
Levi's blocked every scripted request we made, so we can't quote a figure. The line sits in the premium tier and prices are on the LVC pages of levi.com in USD. What LVC has that no Japanese repro house can claim is the original patterns, which matters if authenticity is the point rather than interpretation.
Best for: going to the source instead of the homage.
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Nudie Jeans
Nudie Jeans costs less than every Japanese label here and repairs what it sells. The Lean Dean Dry 16 Dips is £145 GBP on the UK store.
The repair programme is the real difference. Nudie's own help pages say every pair, bought anywhere, gets fixed for free as many times as you want, at a Nudie repair shop or a partner store, with a DIY kit if you live nowhere near one. Against orSlow, you lose the loom-level fabric story and gain a jean that stays in service through three blowouts.
Best for: raw denim with a repair plan attached.
RRL
RRL is Ralph Lauren's workwear line, and it plays the same game as orSlow with a far bigger fabric budget. Expect heritage denim, heavyweight flannels and leather outerwear built off American Western and work references.
Ralph Lauren's site refused every automated request we sent, so the prices here went unverified. RRL sits in the premium tier and its pages on ralphlauren.com carry current figures. The catalogue is deeper than any small Japanese house can run, which is the honest advantage of shopping a line inside a large company.
Best for: one-stop shopping across an entire Americana wardrobe.
Buck Mason
Buck Mason makes the gentlest version of this wardrobe. The Felted Wool Chore Coat costs $268 USD, which undercuts most of the jackets above by a wide margin.
The Los Angeles label reads workwear as a shape rather than a construction standard, so you get chore coat proportions in softer cloth with no break-in period. No one will mistake it for a 1940s reproduction. For a reader who likes how orSlow looks and doesn't want to spend six weeks softening a jacket, that's the point.
Best for: the workwear look without the workwear stiffness.
Norse Projects
Norse Projects puts workwear volumes through a Scandinavian filter. The Arresskov Broken Twill Overshirt is DKK 1,800, the Froan Gore-Tex Windstopper Harrington is DKK 3,500, and the Fyn 4.0 Gore-Tex Insulated Jacket tops the outerwear at DKK 5,500.
The Copenhagen brand serves prices in Danish kroner from its single store, so budget for the conversion. Where orSlow chases a specific decade, Norse Projects takes the overshirt and the wide trouser and cleans the detailing off, which lands somewhere between workwear and quiet Danish sportswear.
Best for: workwear shapes with the nostalgia turned down.
How to Pick Your First Piece
Start with what you want the clothes to do. If the answer is fade, go raw and heavy: FULLCOUNT at $365 USD or Iron Heart from £145 GBP will both reward four years of wear in a way a soft jacket can't. If the answer is wear it Monday, Taylor Stitch at $118 and Universal Works at £190 get you there for the price of one Japanese jean.
Two things to plan around. Japanese and Danish shops price in yen and kroner, so the number on the tag isn't the number on your card, and Nigel Cabourn adds an agency fee on top of that. And orSlow itself still has no checkout, so its own stockist list is where that hunt starts.
More reading on this corner of the wardrobe: our guides to brands like Engineered Garments, brands like 3sixteen and brands like Carhartt cover the utility, denim and American work sides of it.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
