Material Over Time — Linen

It gets better than it began

Linen is one of the few cloths that improves with use. Follow a single shirt through five years of wearing and washing.

week one — dry hand, flat sheen, sharp creaseWEEK ONE

As it leaves the mill

The cloth still holds the mill's press. It stands away from the body, catches light in flat planes, and creases sharply. Nothing about it is finished yet.

SOFTNESSFirm
DRAPEArchitectural
TONEAs woven