“Chronometry” blends traditional tailoring and craftsmanship with a minimalist, contemporary approach, interwoven with the fascination of time’s traces and the beauty of imperfection. It embraces simplicity and the underrated uniqueness of scars, scratches, and challenges as a representation of having lived, and a narrative that conflicts past and present to merge into something beautiful. It is stripping designs down to their essence to capture the quiet authenticity and elegance of things as they are.
The collection is a celebration of natural aging and cyclical processes. Using fabric treatments such as natural/rust dyeing and intentional decay, combined with traditional tailoring techniques and hand-work, attempting to create garments that carry the marks of time. The collection reflects my belief that beauty lies in transformation, imperfection, impermanence, and the slow, imperfect journey of becoming.
I believe that somewhere in human existence, it’s inevitable to have scars, cracks, and failures, to be aged. Life with its traces accentuates the unique human form in every stage, forming it by those “imperfect” signs which, in the end, make us, us, that is where true authenticity can be found.
I desired to create garments for men who have shown the signs of having lived, who scarred, and who have been moving forward in the circle of life while representing lowliness and discipline. For those who appreciate traditions, yet accept to grow old, which altogether go beyond the realm of standard ‘beauty’, instead, embrace uniqueness and the graceful process of natural aging.
In respect of these, I created a collection where each piece’s carefully crafted with at least 20 hours of meticulous handwork, blending bespoke cloth-making methods with fabric treatments such as natural hand-dye, embroidery, and golden repair techniques.