Deadstock is fabric that was produced but never used: overruns, cancelled orders, end-of-roll lengths that a big house could not justify cutting. Mills sell it on, usually by the bolt and always in limited quantities.

Where we buy

Almost all of our cloth comes from three places: silk merchants around Como, wool mills in Biella and the recycled-fibre district of Prato. We visit twice a year, touch everything and buy only what a single drop needs.

When the bolt is gone, the colour is gone. That is why our drops never repeat.

Why it costs more

Buying small, irregular lengths means more cutting waste planning, more shipping per metre and more time spent with mills. We think the trade is worth it: no new dye baths, no new yarn, and cloth with a history you can actually trace.