EVISU Opens Its 1990s Archive for FAF and BEAMS T

EVISU doesn't open its archive for just anyone. The Osaka denim label has handed its 1990s patterns to Tokyo label FAF and retailer BEAMS T for a five-piece capsule, the first three-way collaboration among the brands, and it reaches stores on November 20, 2026. FAF led the design work, and the collection rebuilds EVISU's best-known signatures rather than reissuing them.

The five pieces are a denim jacket, a pair of jeans, a zip-up hoodie, a graphic sweatshirt and a shoulder bag. The jacket and jeans carry cuts redrawn from archival patterns with updated proportions, so they read as 1990s EVISU and fit like current clothing. The hoodie wears the brand's in-house Ishigaki Camouflage, the sweatshirt merges EVISU and FAF graphics, and the bag is shaped like a pair of EVISU denim back pockets.

The seagull is the point. Founder Hidehiko Yamane hand-painted the mark, called the kamome, onto pockets when he founded the brand in Osaka in 1991, and early production ran to about 14 pairs of jeans a day. On the new denim the seagull is rendered in sequins, which keeps the silhouette every collector knows and changes the texture completely. It's a faithful nod with a sharper attitude, and it's the clearest sign the capsule isn't a photocopy.

Each partner brings a distinct asset. EVISU, named for Ebisu, the Japanese god of prosperity, supplies the heritage: heavyweight Japanese denim, vintage construction methods and a pocket mark that became a status symbol in 2000s hip-hop. FAF, short for Fake Ass Flowers, is an underground Tokyo label that designs for movement between city and outdoor life. BEAMS T is the graphic-driven label of BEAMS, the Harajuku retailer founded in 1976, and the drop lands during BEAMS' 50th anniversary celebrations.

The release runs Japan first. The capsule goes on sale November 20 in EVISU Japan and BEAMS stores, with online drops the same day through EVISU JP, BEAMS and ZOZOTOWN at 12:30 p.m. JST and through EVISU US at 6:30 p.m. JST. A wider rollout follows on November 21 in stores and online across Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States. Neither report on the collection lists prices, so buyers won't see them until the product pages open.

Tokyo gets a party with the clothes. Japanese rapper MIKADO produced an original track for the project and performs it at the launch party at BEAMS T Harajuku on November 20, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. JST, with DJ sets from VLOT and other Tokyo acts. Five pieces isn't a wardrobe, and that's the strategy: a tight capsule, built from patterns with real mileage, that gives younger wearers a way into the brand's history this month instead of on the resale market.