An honest OTHER review has to reckon with the brand’s own opening line first, because it tells you almost everything about who this label is for. OTHER is the world after midnight. Luxury rock clothing cut from silhouette, heat and ruin. Built for the wild ones and the others.
That is either exactly your language or exactly not. What it does not tell you is whether the clothes hold up, so this review works through the construction, the fabrics and the ranges the UK brand actually sells, and where it is genuinely strong versus where it is just loud.
What OTHER actually is
Strip the copy away and OTHER is a British rock and roll clothing label with four distinct pillars: hand-printed graphic tees made in its own UK studio, a vintage-wash blanks range, licensed rock archive band tees, and a smaller mainline of leather, knitwear and women’s jersey.
The tone is consistent across all of it. This is not streetwear that borrows a band logo for a season. The collection reads like a record collection, and the brand’s Instagram bio says the same thing in six words: for the wild ones and the others.
The tee ranges, where the brand is strongest
The Thrasher Tee
If OTHER has a hero product, it is this, and the construction detail is unusually specific for a graphic tee. The brand describes it as a classic crew neck tee with a self-binded neck, cut in a regular fit, with every tee individually hand made at its studio to create a completely one-off and original piece. It is hand screen printed in the UK studio using vintage correct plastisol inks for a genuine vintage look and feel.
The later listings go further, describing each piece as individually handcrafted with heavy distressing and raw, destroyed details, made from 100% cotton. That is the part buyers need to understand before ordering: the distressing is the product. If you want a crisp, untouched tee, this is the wrong purchase. If you want something that looks like it survived a decade of tour vans, it is precisely right.
Styles include Rocker Hands, Runnin With The Devil in white and black, Road Crüe in black, and the F-U Thrasher Tee. Because each is handmade, no two are identical, which is a real feature and also a real reason to expect variation.
The Vintage Tee
The Vintage Tee is a classic crew neck cut in OTHER’s signature relaxed fit, featuring vintage correct single stitch hems and finished with a vintage wash for an authentic worn-out look and feel.
Single stitch hems are the detail that separates a genuine repro from a costume. It is a slower, more expensive construction that almost no modern brand bothers with, and it is the reason vintage collectors can date a shirt at a glance.
The colour story is just as considered. The brand offers a selection drawn from early 60s Fender and Cadillac colours including Black, Heavy Relic Black, Blonde, Olympic White, Shell Pink and Desert Sand, and it states plainly that colour may vary slightly due to the nature of the washing process. That is the honest disclosure you want from a garment-dyed product. If you are comparing blanks across the market, our guide to the best premium blank tee brands puts this construction in context.
The rock archive
OTHER’s ROCK ARCHIVE range carries actual band product. The Whitesnake Love Songs vintage t-shirt features bold artwork inspired by the band’s compilation album and is crafted from 180gsm, 100% cotton. The Whitesnake Snake Rattle & Roll Tour 88 tee uses the same 180gsm 100% cotton in a washed black, with tour graphics and vintage-style artwork.
180gsm is lighter than the current heavyweight-blank trend, and here that is the correct call. A vintage band tee that feels like modern heavy cotton does not read as vintage at all. The lighter hand is the point. See the current tee ranges if that is what you came for.
Mainline: leather, mohair, sheer and the women’s jersey
The non-tee side of OTHER is smaller but it carries the actual luxury claim.
The Brando Biker Jacket is inspired by the original Perfecto biker jacket and, in the brand’s words, embraces the rebellious attitude cultivated by its predecessor with an added contemporary edge. It is cut in a relaxed fit and crafted from a medium weight luxury suede, finished with YKK hardware, a belted waist and shoulder vents for comfort. Note that it sits in the brand’s archive range rather than the current mainline.
The Bandana Oversized Brushed Cardigan is the newer statement piece: a mohair wool blend knit with a soft brushed hand feel, an oversized silhouette with a relaxed drape, the signature bandana artwork woven into the knit rather than printed on it, a deep V neckline, custom black buttons, and ribbed cuffs and hem for structure. The brand suggests it over cropped tees, tanks and slim trousers.
The Sheer Long Sleeve Shirt is the most divisive item: a long sleeve button up sheer shirt with a classic collar, in 100% polyester. Sheer plus polyester is a specific look with a specific audience, and the brand is not pretending otherwise.
The women’s jersey range is more wearable than the brand voice suggests. The Muscle Tank, Mini Tank, Shrunken T-Shirt, 3/4 Baseball T-Shirt, S/S Baseball T-Shirt and L/S T-Shirt are all described the same way: cut in a slightly cropped, fitted silhouette. The Cropped Oversized T-Shirt is the outlier and arguably the best buy in the group, with a ribbed neck, crafted from 100% 240gsm organic cotton and finished with a vintage wash. The Racerback Beater rounds it out, described as the perfected essential vest, crafted from 100% ribbed rayon.
What to be aware of
Three honest caveats.
- Variation is built in. Handmade Thrasher Tees with heavy distressing and garment-washed Vintage Tees will not arrive looking exactly like the product photo, by design. The brand says as much about colour.
- The aesthetic is not neutral. Sheer polyester shirts, F-U graphics and a jacket named after Brando are not office-safe. This is a committed look.
- Care matters at this level. Mohair blends and vintage-washed cotton both need handling. Our guide on keeping knits looking new is the relevant read for the cardigan especially.
The verdict
OTHER earns the luxury rock and roll positioning in the places where it costs money to earn it: hand printing in its own UK studio with vintage correct plastisol inks, single stitch hems on the vintage range, a mohair blend knit with woven rather than printed artwork, and luxury suede with YKK hardware on the biker jacket.
Where it is weaker is breadth. The mainline is thin next to the tee ranges, and several pieces sit in archive rather than current collections. If you want a whole wardrobe from one label, look elsewhere; if you want two or three pieces that define an outfit, this is the right shop. For a very different take on the same rebellious register, our Bruised LA streetwear review makes a useful comparison.
Browse OTHER and start with a Thrasher Tee or a Vintage Tee; they are the pieces the brand is actually built on.
OTHER FAQ
Where are OTHER tees printed?
The brand states its Thrasher Tees are hand printed in its own UK studio using vintage correct plastisol inks, with each tee individually hand made.
What is a single stitch hem and why does it matter?
It is a vintage-correct construction used on OTHER’s Vintage Tee range, alongside a relaxed fit and a vintage wash. It is the detail that makes a repro read as genuinely period-correct rather than modern.
Is OTHER menswear or womenswear?
Both. The graphic and vintage tee ranges are worn across the board, and there is a separate women’s jersey capsule cut in a slightly cropped, fitted silhouette.