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Roots vs GUNZE: similarities and differences

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Roots

Canada Founded 1973

Outdoor & functional · Sporty & sportswear · Polished & dressy

GUNZE

Japan Founded 1896

Minimal & basics · Polished & dressy · Outdoor & functional

Similarities and differences

Shared traits

  • Both brands show traits of Polished & dressy.

Different traits

  • Outdoor & functional

    Roots shows a stronger emphasis

  • Sporty & sportswear

    Roots shows a stronger emphasis

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Trait comparison

  • Roots (solid line, circles)
  • GUNZE (dashed line, squares)
Traits of Roots and GUNZE, shown relative to each brand.
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 absolute differences between brands.

Traits by category

Bar lengths show how prominent each trait is within each brand.

  • Roots
  • GUNZE
Minimal & basics
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GUNZE：Relative prominence within the brand
Polished & dressy
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GUNZE：Relative prominence within the brand
Luxury & heritage
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Avant-garde & designer
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Decoration & playfulness
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Streetwear
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Trends & youth culture
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Sporty & sportswear
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Outdoor & functional
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Basic information

Field
Roots
GUNZE
Country Canada Japan
Founded 1973 1896
Category Clothing Clothing
Other categories Bags Accessories Footwear Lifestyle products Textiles and material technology

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Brand profiles

Brand lines

Roots

GUNZE

  • the GUNZE

    An official brand bearing the parent brand’s name, offered through Gunze’s official online store and...

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Collaborations

Roots

No information is available.

GUNZE

  • 2026-01-15

    SOSHI OTSUKI

    Collaborative items with GUNZE were announced. The collaboration with the Japanese apparel and innerwear company, founded in 1896, was explicitly identified at Pitti Uomo 109 as one of the collaborations for that season. Public information provides few details about individual product names.

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