Korean Label FrizmWORKS Won't Stay a Menswear Secret for Much Longer
ShoppingThe brand's hardy jungle pants, breezy poplin shirts, and house-specialty light jackets are more available than ever.By Reed NelsonMay 21, 2025Photos courtesy of FrizmWORKS; Design courtesy of Emily HanhanSave this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links.If it seems like a whole lot of folks are talking about FrizmWORKS right now, you’re hanging out with our kind of people. For 15 years, the buzzy South Korean label has been laser-focused on crafting the type of meticulously-detailed, vintage-inspired menswear that usually hurts your wallet through sheer proximity. (For anyone wondering, Frizm is a portmanteau of “freeze” and “prism,” which also happens to be ridiculously fun to say out loud.)Here’s the thing, though: despite its insider-darling status, the brand’s cropped wading jackets, breezy poplin shirts, and relaxed fatigue pants rarely cross the $500 threshold, which makes it a genuine anomaly among some of the recent names spotlighted here.FrizmWorksCotton Chambray Shirt$150 Mr PorterFrizmWorksComfortable Banding Straight-Leg Seersucker Drawstring Cargo Shorts$110 Mr PorterHere’s the other thing: much like those names, FrizmWORKS has never been especially easy to find, let alone actually buy, given its tendency to fly off the shelves. Funnily enough, those shelves are unusually well-stocked these days, thanks to a sudden influx of the brand’s product at the likes of Mr Porter, Huckberry, and Bespoke Post, among others—which is great news for anyone into pitch-perfect vintage repros at prices far lower than they usually clock in at.Primary among that product range? Light jackets, because 1) ‘tis the season, and 2) FrizmWORKS makes some of the best on the market. The heritage hunting jacket, for instance, is the white tee force-multiplier of your mild-weather dreams, a cropped-length, corduroy-collared spin on a classic British MK3 rendered in a weather-dampening cotton-blend.FrizmWorksCorduroy-Trimmed Cotton-Blend Jacket$260 Mr PorterFrizmWorksBarstow Coaches Jacket$270 HuckberryFrizmWorksBuddy Harrington Jacket$245 HuckberryFrizmWorksWading Cotton and Nylon-Blend Hooded Parka$320 Mr PorterOr take the buddy Harrington jacket, which clocks in at under $250 and also happens to be one of the most perfectly-proportioned G9 riffs I’ve ever seen. On that note, I’ll admit that when I first saw the Barstow jacket, I wasn’t all the way sold on the idea of a cowboy-coach mashup, but now the anachronism of that western yoke seems both inspired and integral to the genre at large.If the FrizmWORKS team limited themselves to outerwear, they’d still warrant your praise. Thankfully, they don’t, and the preposterous value carries over between categories. The $155 jungle cloth fatigue pants are the kind of roomy, easygoing trousers you’ll start wearing on the daily as soon as they arrive—a process only expedited by a specialty bio-wash that lends them a lived-in feel out of the box.FrizmWorksOG Dobby Weave Seersucker Long Sleeve Shirt$125 HuckberryFrizmWORKSJungle Cloth Fatigue Pants$155 HuckberryAnd while button-ups aren’t exactly the brand’s bread-and-butter, I’d be remiss not to mention the OG dobby weave seersucker shirt, which is $125 but punches in the same weight class as shirts triple that, all while emitting the kind of rakish insouciance the best summer outfits are built upon.None of this stuff is “cheap” in any sense of the word, of course, but when it comes to exceedingly good value propositions, it’s hard to beat a single one of ‘em. Sure, the brand's name might be a little funny, but we never kid when a deal’s on the line.FrizmWorksOscar Convertible Hooded Jacket$385 Mr PorterFrizmWorksHeritage Hunting Vest$210 Huckberry
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If it seems like a whole lot of folks are talking about FrizmWORKS right now, you’re hanging out with our kind of people. For 15 years, the buzzy South Korean label has been laser-focused on crafting the type of meticulously-detailed, vintage-inspired menswear that usually hurts your wallet through sheer proximity. (For anyone wondering, Frizm is a portmanteau of “freeze” and “prism,” which also happens to be ridiculously fun to say out loud.)
Here’s the thing, though: despite its insider-darling status, the brand’s cropped wading jackets, breezy poplin shirts, and relaxed fatigue pants rarely cross the $500 threshold, which makes it a genuine anomaly among some of the recent names spotlighted here.
Here’s the other thing: much like those names, FrizmWORKS has never been especially easy to find, let alone actually buy, given its tendency to fly off the shelves. Funnily enough, those shelves are unusually well-stocked these days, thanks to a sudden influx of the brand’s product at the likes of Mr Porter, Huckberry, and Bespoke Post, among others—which is great news for anyone into pitch-perfect vintage repros at prices far lower than they usually clock in at.
Primary among that product range? Light jackets, because 1) ‘tis the season, and 2) FrizmWORKS makes some of the best on the market. The heritage hunting jacket, for instance, is the white tee force-multiplier of your mild-weather dreams, a cropped-length, corduroy-collared spin on a classic British MK3 rendered in a weather-dampening cotton-blend.
Or take the buddy Harrington jacket, which clocks in at under $250 and also happens to be one of the most perfectly-proportioned G9 riffs I’ve ever seen. On that note, I’ll admit that when I first saw the Barstow jacket, I wasn’t all the way sold on the idea of a cowboy-coach mashup, but now the anachronism of that western yoke seems both inspired and integral to the genre at large.
If the FrizmWORKS team limited themselves to outerwear, they’d still warrant your praise. Thankfully, they don’t, and the preposterous value carries over between categories. The $155 jungle cloth fatigue pants are the kind of roomy, easygoing trousers you’ll start wearing on the daily as soon as they arrive—a process only expedited by a specialty bio-wash that lends them a lived-in feel out of the box.
And while button-ups aren’t exactly the brand’s bread-and-butter, I’d be remiss not to mention the OG dobby weave seersucker shirt, which is $125 but punches in the same weight class as shirts triple that, all while emitting the kind of rakish insouciance the best summer outfits are built upon.
None of this stuff is “cheap” in any sense of the word, of course, but when it comes to exceedingly good value propositions, it’s hard to beat a single one of ‘em. Sure, the brand's name might be a little funny, but we never kid when a deal’s on the line.
