Journal

Notes from the Workshop

Notes from the workshop and the shop floor, how the clothes are made, how to keep them, and what we have learned wearing them.

Travel essentials and accessories

Great stuffs for travel: a seven-day capsule wardrobe

Seven days, one carry-on and nothing that needs an iron. This is the edit we pack ourselves.

How we choose the cotton in a Canvas shirt

Staple length, spinning method and a mill that answers the telephone. Three things decide whether a shirt is still good…

Navi Blue Jeans

Five ways to wear one pair of navy jeans

The most useful thing in the shop is also the hardest to photograph. Here is what it actually does all…

Woolen Sweaters

A guide to caring for wool knitwear

Wool wants far less from you than the care label suggests. Mostly it wants air.

Inside the Melbourne fitting room

Two mirrors, honest light and someone who will tell you when a size is wrong. That is the whole idea.

Our Melbourne flagship store

Why we repair instead of replace

A free repair costs us more than a replacement would. We do it anyway, and the arithmetic is not as…

New pieces, told first

One email a month: what came off the loom, what is back in stock and what we learned repairing your clothes. No offers, because we do not run any.

Visit our stores

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