It's easy to see the finished piece hanging on the rail and forget everything that happened before it got there. We wanted to pull back the curtain on our process, from first sketch to final stitch.
It starts with fabric, not design
Rather than designing a piece and then hunting for fabric to match, we usually work the other way around — sourcing a fabric we love first, and letting its weight and drape suggest the silhouette.
Pattern-making by hand
Every new style begins as a hand-drafted pattern, tested and adjusted across three fit sessions before it's approved for production. Small changes — a few millimeters at the shoulder, a different curve at the hem — often take the longest to get right.
Small-batch cutting and sewing
We cut and sew in small batches rather than mass runs. It's slower, and it means some pieces do sell out, but it lets our small team keep a level of quality control that's hard to maintain at scale.
A final quality pass
Before anything is listed, every piece is checked by hand for stitching, drape, and finish. If it doesn't meet the standard we'd want for ourselves, it doesn't go out.
It's a slower way of making clothes — but it's the only way we know how.