The Heirloom Diaries

We don't produce in small batches to create scarcity. We do it to create space, to refine, and to make better garments.

People ask why we still make our garments in New York. The answer, in three parts: the place, the people, and a study in fabric.

Every garment begins long before the first stitch. On research, fabric, construction, and the six months we wear a piece before it is ever offered.

The Journal · On Making The Making of an Heirloom Every garment has a beginning. Ours rarely starts on a runway or in a factory. It starts at a wooden table in our TriBeCa studio. Written by Scott BurrTriBeCa, New York5 min read Where every piece begins, a sketch, a swatch, and a small idea that lingers until we test it IThe Spark of a Sketch For Amy, sketches are a way of keeping a memory. She notices a detail on a walk in the city, the way a stranger's collar has softened with time, and it becomes a starting point. For me, sketches are blueprints, where imagination first begins to meet execution. Some ideas never leave the page. Others, like the Franklin Henley, start with a pencil line and a question. What if we took a utilitarian base layer from the 1940s and softened it into something versatile and timeless? That one sketch became the shirt that anchored our entire collection. From paper to prototype, most samples are not perfect the first time, and that is the point IILiving With Fabric Once the idea is there, the real decision begins when the fabric arrives. We do not just look at a swatch and say this will do. We live with it. We stretch it, wash it, wear it for an afternoon in the studio just to see how it breathes. Supima cotton keeps its colour and its shape, wearing in instead of wearing out. Modal, the knit in the Franklin Henley, is breathable and resilient and remembers you. Each fabric is chosen with intention, because fabric is the foundation of memory. What you do not seeis just as important as what you do. IIICraft That Lasts Most shirts are sewn with about four stitches per inch. Ours have nine. It sounds like a small detail, but it is what keeps a hem from twisting after a wash, or a sleeve from sagging after a year of wear. Buttons are anchored to withstand years, not a single season. We make our pieces in small batches, usually fewer than fifty at a time. Small runs let us oversee every step and keep the process personal. When you make slowly, in limited numbers, every piece carries a trace of the hands that shaped it. Designed in TriBeCa.Crafted in New York. Scott The result Made to be lived in 'Every piece is tried, tested, and worn until it feels like it belongs in someone's life for years to come.' Explore the collection Made in Manhattan. Small batch, by hand, from sketch to sample. Keep ReadingMore from the Journal On Making Why We Craft in New York The Franklin He Stole My Henley On Dressing The Pieces That Stay