On keeping things.

Most of what we own arrives quickly and leaves the same way. A piece is bought for a season, worn a handful of times and replaced before it has had the chance to become ours.

The things people keep are rarely the newest. They are the coat with a mended cuff, the shirt that has gone soft at the collar, the dress that has been to more than one wedding. Wear is not damage. It is the record of a life spent in the garment.

Wear is not damage.

This is why we make few pieces and number each one. A number is a small promise that the piece is known to us, that it can come back to be repaired, and that it was never meant to be one of thousands.

Identity is collected, not created. A wardrobe built slowly says more about its owner than one assembled in an afternoon.