The capsule didn't start in the studio. It started on a stone bench somewhere on the Mediterranean coast in late February — a long lunch, a folded shirt, a breeze that wouldn't quit. By the time I got back to Melbourne the moodboard was done.
Esperança
The overshirt comes out of Esperança, Portugal — a family workshop we've worked with since the first capsule. Two weeks at the mill in March, watching the second twill wash come off the line, arguing about button colors. We landed on corozo nut buttons in a tone that matches the garment, almost-invisible. The factory thought we were crazy. They came around.
Florence
The belt leather came out of Florence — a small tannery that vegetable-tans full-grain hides on a fourteen-week cycle. They don't take new clients. We got introduced through someone who used to make belts for a Tokyo label. One long lunch in February, three sample buckles, the brushed brass we ended up with. Nothing was rushed. Everything took the time it was going to take.
Okayama
The denim is woven in Okayama, Japan — the only place I know that still treats selvedge denim like a craft. We shipped the prototype straight to the mill, they wove it 14 oz, and the fabric is cut and sewn in Portugal. The piece arrives raw and unwashed. It's supposed to. The fade is yours.
The bench
I have a photo on my phone of a folded Stone overshirt on a stone bench, late afternoon, a sprig of olive on top. That photo became the brief for the whole capsule. The light, the materials, the colors, the mood. The whole catalog is trying to live inside that one photo.
I'm back in Melbourne now. Capsule 3 opens 11.11.2027; fulfillment follows about three weeks after. The bench is still there.
