A single dark garment — structured jacket with visible seam architecture — lit by a narrow tungsten strip casting amber edge light along one sleeve

Ten Pieces · Zero Logos · Pure Form

CAPSULE

A wardrobe that works like a system

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Ethically WovenZero Synthetic DyePattern Cut in PortoDyed in KyotoTen Pieces OnlyCarry-On ReadyNo Logos. Ever.Fabric Weight: 280gsmPre-Order Opens March 2026Ethically WovenZero Synthetic DyePattern Cut in PortoDyed in KyotoTen Pieces OnlyCarry-On ReadyNo Logos. Ever.Fabric Weight: 280gsmPre-Order Opens March 2026

The Collection · 2026

Ten Pieces.
One System.

Hover each card to read the process note from the maker.

Structured dark overcoat laid flat on concrete, showing precise shoulder seam construction and raw hem edge

The Overcoat

Piece 01 — Boiled Merino

Porto

"Eleven months on a single shoulder seam. The block was cut and recut until the drape fell without a single pin."

Portrait of a middle-aged Portuguese man with weathered hands holding a pattern cutting tool in a sparse workshop lit by north light

Afonso Carvalho

Pattern Cutter · Porto

Maker

"Forty years with the same shears. He says a good trouser block should feel like an argument resolved."

Close-up of a dark trouser waistband showing hand-stitched interior, the fabric a deep charcoal that absorbs light completely

The Trouser

Piece 04 — Japanese Wool

Kyoto

"The waistband is hand-felled. A machine could do it in seconds. We prefer the four hours."

White linen shirt with a single chest seam visible, draped over a wooden hanger against a bare plaster wall

The Shirt

Piece 02 — Irish Linen

"Laundered eighty times before it reached us. We needed to know exactly how it would soften."

Hands of a Japanese dye master lowering fabric into a vat of natural indigo dye, the liquid surface catching a sliver of light

Kenji Watanabe

Dye Master · Kyoto

Maker

"True black without synthetic pigment takes six separate baths. He has never used a shortcut."

Dark knit crew-neck folded into a perfect square, the texture of the ribbing visible against a pale stone surface

The Knit

Piece 06 — Cashmere Blend

"The gauge is so tight it took three weeks to find a mill willing to attempt it."

A slim dark jacket sleeve close-up showing the hand-sewn buttonhole, thread ends deliberately left long

The Jacket

Piece 03 — Unlined Wool

"No lining. The interior seams are as considered as the exterior. Wear it inside out if you like."

Flat-lay of ten folded garments in monochrome tones arranged in a precise grid on unbleached cotton background

The System

All Ten Pieces

Collection

"Every piece was designed to work with every other piece. There are no exceptions and no orphans."

Wide panoramic of a sparse Portuguese atelier — concrete floor, single wooden table, garments hanging in a row by color weight from pale to deep charcoal

The Atelier

Porto · Est. 1987

Studio

"The space has no natural light by design. Every decision about colour is made under the same tungsten lamp."

The People Behind the Pieces

Made by Hand.
Named by Name.

Piece 01–04 · Est. 1983

Afonso Carvalho

Pattern Cutter · Porto, Portugal

"Eleven months on a single trouser block."

Afonso works from a third-floor studio with no phone signal. He believes a pattern is not finished when it is correct — only when it is inevitable. The Capsule trouser went through forty-three iterations before he sent us the final block. We did not rush him.

Materials

Japanese Wool, Irish Linen, Boiled Merino

Method

Full canvas construction, hand-basted fitting

Piece 05–10 · Est. 1971

Kenji Watanabe

Dye Master · Kyoto, Japan

"True black without a single synthetic pigment."

Kenji’s family has been dyeing fabric in the same Kyoto workshop for three generations. The black he achieves — a depth that seems to absorb rather than reflect light — requires six separate natural dye baths over four days. Every batch is slightly different. That is the point.

Dye Source

Persimmon tannin, iron mordant, sumac

Process

Six-bath natural immersion, 96 hours per piece

Pre-Launch · March 2026