JOURNAL · 12 · V · MMXXVI

Why We Number Every Garment

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

Every garment we cut is hand-numbered, 0001 through 0666, on the leather sigil tag at the side seam. When the run sells, the run is closed. There is no second pressing. The number is recorded in our register alongside the date of cut, sew, and ship — write us and we tell you yours.

We chose 666 because of the Brand of Sacrifice — six cuts arranged in a hexagonal star, plus a seventh mark at the centre. Miura drew it from the iconography of the Apocalypse. We treat each run like a chapter that closes — Berserk's chapters don't come back, and neither do ours.

There is a quieter reason too. A garment that remembers where it came from is harder to throw away. The number on the tag is a small refusal of the disposable, a small contract between us and you.

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