CHAPTER V · THE JOURNAL

Field
Notes.

記 録

Essays, dispatches, and image journals from the studio. Slow reading, no algorithms.

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Why We Number Every Garment

A note from the studio on hand-numbering, scarcity, and why a piece of clothing should remember where it came from.

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On the Brand of Sacrifice

The mark at the C7 vertebra. A short essay on the iconography that runs through every Rommestore garment.

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The Forge: A Visit

Photographs and field notes from the small mill outside Porto where the inaugural fleeces are cut and sewn.

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Apparel For The Damned: A Manifesto

Why we chose this name. What it means to wear something defiantly. Three rules we keep returning to.

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Field Notes: Holy See Architecture

A reading list and image journal. Gothic arches, rose windows, the long shadow of the Conviction arc.