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Why We Only Make Black

Black is not an absence. It is every color, pressed flat. On the discipline of a single shade.

Mara Okonkwo

Close-up of black webbing and a metal strap slider

People ask why every collection looks the same. The answer is that it doesn’t — you just have to look closer.

Texture over color

When you remove color, the eye starts reading surface: the brushed halo of mohair, the dry hand of waxed cotton, the slub in raw denim.

Black is every color, pressed flat.

A practical choice

Black pieces combine without thought. They hide wear gracefully and age into their own shade of charcoal.

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