Five moods, one wardrobe

The base outfit, and the complete match: the ivory of raw canvas, the blue of harmony, the yellow of momentum. The house’s three colors, in the right proportions.

Ivory plays the role of calm: it leaves all the room to the garment and asks for nothing. If the visitor chooses nothing, this is what they see.

Harmony takes all the space: the blue rises to night, the ink turns ivory. The yellow stays put: the only spark of life in the blue, it becomes the one place the eye goes.

The mood for late evenings and low-brightness screens. Workshop photos benefit: the fabric stands out instead of fighting a white background.

A less dense night, pulled toward slate: the light of a workshop in the early morning, when the machines are still cold. Yellow lightens by a tone to keep its bite on this blue-gray.

For those who find black too heavy and white too harsh. It is the most legible mood for long texts, garment stories, blog articles.

The sand of tent canvas and the olive drab of American utility uniforms, the green of OG-107 sateen, of our shirts and our utility pants. It is also, very closely, the color of indigo still in its bath.

The militaria half of the house: upcycled surplus, M-65s, jungle jackets. The mood for browsing this wardrobe: the pieces feel at home here.

Indigo out of the vat, its green gone, set against the ivory of raw cotton: the only two colors of a work jacket before it takes its patina.

Softer than Light, earthier than Dark. It is the mood of Japanese jeans, moleskine chore coats and chambray shirts.