SHIPS

SHIPS was founded in 1975 in Tokyo by Hiroshi Mishima as one of the original Japanese select-shop retail operations alongside Beams (founded the same year by Mishima's former colleague Etsuzo Shitara). The brand operates dozens of locations across Japan including Tokyo (Ginza, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Aoyama), Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama, and the broader Japanese national network, with the broader SHIPS operation functioning as one of the three defining post-1975 Japanese select-shop operations alongside Beams and United Arrows. The SHIPS vocabulary built up around an exceptional American Ivy League and traditional menswear pipeline: Brooks Brothers, Polo Ralph Lauren, J. Press, Engineered Garments, Margaret Howell MHL, Drake's London, plus the broader American Ivy League and English traditional menswear pipeline. The brand also operates in-house SHIPS designer labels including SHIPS JET BLUE and the broader SHIPS sub-banner network that runs across menswear, womenswear, and lifestyle. SHIPS operates dozens of Japanese locations plus a robust e-commerce platform. The brand's customer base—heavily skewed toward Tokyo and broader Japanese traditional-menswear and design-aware customers—treats SHIPS as one of the defining post-1975 Japanese select-shop retail anchors. For Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, and broader Japanese customers building a curated American-Ivy-League and English-traditional menswear wardrobe through the post-1975 era, SHIPS has been one of the defining retail destinations alongside Beams and United Arrows.