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Journal / Fit notes / Fabric notes / Finish notes / Design files
Read the build notes.
Six entries from Scared But Alive: how the tank fits, why COMF+ fabric matters, which finish details make the product feel complete, and the pattern, fabric, and weight decisions behind every piece in the lineup.
Fit guide
Tank fit guide.
Neckline, armhole, length, and drape notes for choosing the London Tank without guessing.
Fabric notes
COMF+ fabric standard.
The black fabric standard: depth, shape retention, hand feel, and why COMF+ is built for repeat wear.
Finish notes
The part you keep.
Frosted TPU packaging, metal trims, hang tags, and the details that make the product feel finished before launch.
Design file 03
The hip pattern.
How we cut Berlin and Dubai around the saddle, not the waist. Wider hip block, deeper rise, pocket placement.
Design file 04
The 500-wash protocol.
How we test COMF+ for fade. Fiber chemistry, delta-E threshold, 500 actual machine washes.
Design file 05
560 GSM.
Why the LA Hoodie weighs one-third more than the premium streetwear default — and what it cost us.
Design files / Sourced + cited / From the development room
The design files.
Ten files — the geometry, fabric science, economics, and psychology of garments that actually fit. Every claim sourced and cited.
File 01 · Fit engineering
The armhole geometry.
why does the armhole always show everything. What an armhole actually has to do, the three ways it fails, and the geometry that fixes it.
File 02 · Grading
The three-size problem.
what's my size, then. One base pattern, photocopied at three zoom levels — why no size on the rack agrees with a body that lifts.
File 03 · Fabric
Fade, explained.
why did this fade so fast. Dye chemistry, fiber choice, fabric weight — fading is decided before laundry day.
File 04 · Liner system
The liner system.
why do all my shorts ride up and rub. Chafing is friction physics, not a body flaw — and the 2-in-1 liner is the engineered fix.
File 05 · Edge engineering
The raw edge.
why does my cut-off never sit right. Curl, ladder, flare — the textile science of raw knit edges, with respect for the scissors ritual.
File 06 · Structured drape
Structured drape.
why does every boxy tee tent on me. Drape is a lab number, boxy is a drafted geometry, and the tent is a spec failure — not your body.
File 07 · Fit psychology
The first right fit.
why did this finally feel like me. Enclothed cognition, appearance congruence, and the attention tax that ends when a garment finally fits.
File 08 · Small runs
The small run.
why won't they just make more. Factory minimums, dye-lot chemistry, and the difference between scarcity that is true and scarcity that is theater.
File 09 · Fabric weight
The weight.
what does gsm actually mean. The full ladder from flimsy to 560, what the grams measurably buy, and when heavy is just heavy.
File 10 · The block
The block.
why don't men's shirts ever fit me right. The pattern geometry of who menswear is drafted for — computed from 6,068 measured bodies.
