Prequel

About Prequel

Prequel is a Japanese label built around reconstructing textiles from a century ago. The team studies early 1900s French fabric archives, jacquards, prints and sample books, then reinterprets the yarns, weave structures and colours for present-day garments. Shirts, military trousers and leather jackets are made with close attention to detail, alongside signature heavyweight T-shirts and sweatshirts knitted slowly on vintage machines. One leather jacket uses 1.5mm full vegetable-tanned horsehide that stiffens at first, then softens and creases with wear. Each season reworks archival colours and patterns through a contemporary lens, treating old fabric not as something to copy but as a starting point for new pieces.