Le Carnet — Issue 12
The Journal.
Slow notes from the studio. Process, people, and the occasional manifesto. Updated, roughly, every fortnight.
FeaturedProcess · Oct 14, 2025 · 6 min
On the weight of cotton
Why we settled on 480gsm for the Atelier Hoodie — and what we threw away to get there.
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Field Notes · Oct 02, 2025
Two days in Marche
Inside the workshop where every Studio Low is hand-finished by a team of nine.
9 min read
Process · Sep 21, 2025
The drape of an Italian wool
Half-canvas construction, in plain language. Why it matters and what it costs.
5 min read
Manifesto · Sep 04, 2025
A letter on releasing less
We will publish six chapters this year. We had planned twelve. Here is why we stopped.
4 min read
Conversation · Aug 19, 2025
Inês Almeida on photographing clothes that breathe
The photographer behind Vol. 04 on patience, weather, and only ever shooting in daylight.
12 min read
Field Notes · Aug 02, 2025
A morning with the Florentine tanners
Vegetable-tanned, water-finished, and stamped by hand. The life of one bag, from hide to hand.
7 min read
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