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February 17, 2026 / studioprocess

Building a label in public

Why VANCE shares the messy middle — the toiles, the rejected cuts, the 2am edits — instead of just the finished look.

By Kairo Vance

Most labels show you the runway and hide the room. We do the opposite. Every capsule starts as a pile of mistakes on the studio floor in Brooklyn, and we’d rather you saw that than a perfect lie.

Process over product

A garment is a record of decisions. The weight of the wool, the line of a shoulder, the choice to leave a seam raw — each one is a small argument. Building in public means making those arguments out loud.

It’s slower. It’s also the only way the work stays honest.