Y-3

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Founded: 2002 2000s
Category: Clothing Bags Footwear Wallets
Related brands: Clothing brands founded in the 2000s

Overview

Tagline

Y-3 brings sport-style to the street.

Y-3 is a sports-fashion brand that emerged in 2002 from a collaboration between adidas and designer Yohji Yamamoto. It offers apparel, footwear, and accessories, and is said to have established the fashion sportswear category. Designed at studios in Japan and Germany, it is regarded as a modern uniform for the street.

Concept

Fueled by the innovations of adidas and expressed in the style of Yohji Yamamoto, Y-3 creates progressive apparel, footwear, and accessories—a vision driven by both the sports icon and the renowned designer.

Y-3 characteristics

Main traits of Y-3

Sporty & sportswear: Sportswear and styles inspired by physical activity.
Streetwear: Elements of streetwear, skateboarding and hip-hop.
Avant-garde & designer: Avant-garde design and expressions of a designer’s individuality and artistry.

Based on an analysis of 1,232 brands across 97 criteria, this chart shows the characteristics of Y-3 relative to overall brand tendencies.

This chart does not define a brand’s expression or rank brands.

Collaboration partners

Dates and partner brands

All collaborations

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NEIGHBORHOOD

A joint project documented in 2025. It combines Y-3’s sports tailoring elements with NEIGHBORHOOD’s motorcycling and workwear sensibilities, offering sneakers and jackets featuring a co-branded logo.

2022.11.11

Palace Skateboards

Their first collaboration with Y-3. Announced on November 7, 2022, and released on November 11 (November 12 in Japan). The large capsule collection also included a reversible souvenir jacket, a rose puffer, and a track top and bottoms.