Yohji Yamamoto is a Japan-origin fashion brand by designer Yohji Yamamoto. Its history began with the establishment of Kabushiki Kaisha Y’s in 1972, and the mai...
Avant-garde & designer
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen shows a stronger emphasis on Decoration & playfulness.
Yohji Yamamoto shows a stronger emphasis on Minimal & basics.
John Galliano is a British fashion brand whose business foundation was reorganized and commercially launched in 1994. It was founded by designer John Galliano,...
Decoration & playfulness
Avant-garde & designer
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
John Galliano shows a stronger emphasis on Decoration & playfulness.
Balenciaga is a luxury fashion house founded in 1917 in San Sebastián by Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga. In 1937, it opened a couture maison in Paris. I...
Trends & youth culture
Streetwear
Avant-garde & designer
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Balenciaga shows a stronger emphasis on Streetwear.
Balenciaga shows a stronger emphasis on Trends & youth culture.
Yves Saint Laurent is a French fashion house founded in Paris in 1961 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé. Centered on women’s and men’s ready-to-we...
Luxury & heritage
Avant-garde & designer
Trends & youth culture
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Yves Saint Laurent shows a stronger emphasis on Minimal & basics.
Yves Saint Laurent shows a stronger emphasis on Polished & dressy.
Dolce & Gabbana is a luxury brand founded in Milan, Italy, in 1985 by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. It operates directly in clothing, leather goods, shoes...
Luxury & heritage
Decoration & playfulness
Avant-garde & designer
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen shows a stronger emphasis on Avant-garde & designer.
Dolce & Gabbana shows a stronger emphasis on Decoration & playfulness.
VIKTOR&ROLF is a luxury fashion house founded in the Netherlands in 1993 by Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren. Centered on haute couture, it offers ready-to-wear...
Avant-garde & designer
Decoration & playfulness
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share designer-led expression and concept-driven design.
Dior is a luxury maison founded by Christian Dior in 1946 at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris, France. With haute couture at its pinnacle, it offers a broad range o...
Luxury & heritage
Avant-garde & designer
Decoration & playfulness
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Dior shows a stronger emphasis on Polished & dressy.
Dior shows a stronger emphasis on Sporty & sportswear.
DRIES VAN NOTEN is the eponymous brand founded in 1986 by Dries Van Noten, who was born in Belgium into a family of tailors spanning three generations. A gradua...
Decoration & playfulness
Avant-garde & designer
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
DRIES VAN NOTEN shows a stronger emphasis on Polished & dressy.
DRIES VAN NOTEN shows a stronger emphasis on Minimal & basics.
GIAMBATTISTA VALLI is a maison founded in Paris in 2005 by Italian designer Giambattista Valli. Its collections focus on women’s ready-to-wear, haute couture, b...
Luxury & heritage
Decoration & playfulness
Avant-garde & designer
Shared traits
The brands share designer-led expression and original design.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen shows a stronger emphasis on Avant-garde & designer.
Dilara Findikoglu is a fashion brand founded in London in 2016 by designer Dilara Findikoglu, who is from Istanbul, Turkey. Focusing primarily on womenswear, it...
Avant-garde & designer
Decoration & playfulness
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen shows a stronger emphasis on Luxury & heritage.
Alexander McQueen shows a stronger emphasis on Polished & dressy.
Jean Paul Gaultier is a fashion house founded in Paris, France, in 1976 by designer Jean Paul Gaultier. Its main offerings include haute couture, ready-to-wear,...
Decoration & playfulness
Avant-garde & designer
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share designer-led expression and concept-driven design.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Jean Paul Gaultier shows a stronger emphasis on Streetwear.
Jean Paul Gaultier shows a stronger emphasis on Trends & youth culture.
Vivienne Westwood is a fashion brand launched in 1971 by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, starting with the boutique “Let It Rock” at 430 Kings Road in Lo...
Avant-garde & designer
Decoration & playfulness
Luxury & heritage
Shared traits
The brands share an emphasis on tailoring and designer-led expression.
Differences from Alexander McQueen
Vivienne Westwood shows a stronger emphasis on Streetwear.
Vivienne Westwood shows a stronger emphasis on Trends & youth culture.
How to read the chart
Traits farther from the centre are more prominent within each brand. The chart uses the same relative display as the brand profile. Area does not indicate brand quality or degree of similarity.