Paul Smith Red Ear

Country

United Kingdom

Founded

2000

Category

Clothing

Paul Smith Red Ear is one of the lines of the British fashion brand Paul Smith, developed as a capsule collection of PS Paul Smith. The RED EAR trademark was filed in the EU in 2000. Its defining features are its focus on vintage, military, and workwear elements, and its commitment to production in Japan throughout, from design to fabric, sewing, and finishing. The name was inspired by the red selvedge edge of denim.

Red Ear, which combines elements such as vintage, military, and workwear and is committed to “MADE IN JAPAN,” with design, fabric, sewing, and finishing all carried out in Japan, is a capsule collection of PS Paul Smith.

• Paul Smith 1970

  The “Red Ear (Red Ear Jeans)” line within Paul Smith. An introduction to architect Sophie Hicks’s project explicitly describes Red Ear Jeans as “a Paul Smith line inspired by classic workwear,” and also indicates that a shop in Tokyo carrying jeans from the line existed (opened in 2001). It is positioned as a distinct edit within the brand with a stronger focus on workwear and denim.

  A distinct line inspired by workwear.