The Journal

How things are made,and what they cost.

Notes on craft, formulation and the economics of making things that last - written by the people who make them.

The case for an unlined coat

A lining hides the work. Double-faced cloth leaves nowhere for a maker to be careless - which is exactly why we use it.

Amara Okafor · July 14, 2026

One fewer conversion step in the skin. Eleven times the speed. The whole argument for No. 1, in about six minutes.

Dr. Mei Chen · June 28, 2026

Eleven people, four sewing machines and a cutting table that came out of a closed-down tailoring house in Whitechapel.

Jonas Weber · June 9, 2026

The full breakdown on a £690 coat - cloth, labour, freight, duty, margin. Nothing rounded, nothing left out.

Ravi Iyer · May 21, 2026

Four hundred and twelve repairs last year. Here is what actually breaks, and what that taught us about how to cut.

Freya Nilsen · April 30, 2026

Loden, clay, bone. The palette for the coming season and the reasoning - mostly about light - behind each one.

Mei Chen · April 2, 2026