How We Source

How We Source

Most fashion supply chains are opaque by design. Ours is not, mostly because we have kept it small enough to know every stage of it by name.

Our linen begins as flax, grown on family-run farms across northern France and Belgium. The plant is pulled rather than cut, which keeps the fibre intact along its full length. It is left in the field to rett for several weeks, a natural process where dew and bacteria loosen the fibre from the stalk. No chemicals are involved. The weather does the work.

From there, the fibre travels to a small number of spinning and weaving mills we have worked with for years. We visit them. We know the people who run the looms. This is not a claim we make lightly — it is the only way we know to verify that a supplier’s conditions match what they tell us on paper.

For the streetwear line, cotton is sourced from certified growers who meet independently audited standards on water use and labour. It is spun and knitted in facilities we have also visited, in Portugal and Turkey, chosen for craft rather than cost.

We ask three things of every supplier: fair wages, verifiable safety standards, and no subcontracting we cannot trace. Any of these failing ends the relationship, no exceptions made for price or speed.

This approach is slower. It limits how quickly we can grow, and it means some seasons we simply do not have enough of something. We have decided that is an acceptable cost. A garment is only as considered as the chain that produced it.