When Fabric Travels More Than We Do: The Kimono Collaboration

Some projects start with a plan. This one started with a piece of fabric we couldn’t stop thinking about.

This vintage kimono fabric was found in the UK… and it immediately had main character energy. Not something you can reorder. Not something you want to overthink. Just one beautiful piece with a story already built in.

From there, it made its way to our studio… where things got a little nerve-wracking (in a good way). Working with vintage fabric means there’s no backup plan. Every cut matters. Every placement matters. There’s a brief moment before cutting where you just… pause and double check your life choices.

We shaped it into a bra and matching pieces, letting the fabric guide the design instead of forcing it into something it didn’t want to be.

Once the lingerie pieces were underway, the fabric headed back across the Atlantic to Hetty Rose Shoes in the UK. Same fabric, completely different approach. Seeing it transformed into shoes was one of those moments where everything just clicked. Different skills, same idea… let the material lead.

By the end of it, this project had gone UK → US → UK, picking up ideas (and probably a few frequent flyer miles) along the way.

It’s not something that can be mass produced. Not something we can easily recreate. And honestly… that’s what makes it special.

The finished set feels less like a product and more like a story you can actually see.

A really beautiful, slightly well-traveled story.

Projects like this don’t happen all the time… but when the right fabric shows up, we’re always a little tempted.

So if you’ve ever had a piece of fabric sitting there, quietly waiting for its moment…

You never know what it could become.