armor for living

I was staring at my CLO rendering with associated flaps from OSG the other day and I was unhappy. Could a depressed person do this? It’s kind of hard to see with the black, but it looks like his nipples are sobbing; you know, like the emoji with the ...

(note: a lot of this post is for my reference – kind of like writing down a recipe so I don’t forget it. There are a lot of visual/physical ideas that have felt hard to communicate, so fair warning.) Armpit Gusset Deep Dive Before getting into the ...

Buckle up, this one’s pretty interesting. I was about to throw in the towel tonight. And by that, I mean the project of using the CLO software. But, just as I was about to give up, I made an interesting connection that turned my perspective around ...

After pausing for the holidays, I completed the first of five Udemy courses sold by CLO. The First Course The first course covers the basics of the software. Here are a few of the things I’ve learned. The interface: CLO provides two views ...

The past few posts have started to explore ‘what’ I want to make. As I’ve begun to turn my attention to ‘how’ to make it, I feel I’m faced with two different paths: pay factories, or DIY. Option 1: I Do The Design; ...

This will be a long post with three main parts: Sketches/concept updates How I plan to get the thing made Costs tally – how much I’ve spent 1 – Sketches/Concept Updates After more sketching this past week I plan to move in a different ...

When I was in college, I took a class on costume design. This was an excuse to get in front of a sewing machine. I remember learning the basics of threading the needle, putting thread onto a bobbin, sewing in straight lines and at angles, cutting fabric, ...

For about a decade, I’ve been a huge fan of supermodern menswear, like Acronym, Veilance, and C.P. Company’s original Urban Protection line. Over the years, I’ve owned a number of pieces from these brands, some of which I still have, others of which ...