A person seen from behind in the Burgundy hoodie, head lowered, standing in the gap between two tall clipped hedges. The rose runs down the centre of the back, and a pale stone palace facade rises beyond.

01

The work

Colour block 1 of 18, stitch 1, Khaki

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A rose is stitched across the whole back, in 73,525 stitches. The front is left empty on purpose.

02

Thread

Colour block 4 of 18, stitch 37,807, Red

Thread, not ink.

A print sits on top of the cloth. Embroidery is stitched through it. The rose on Work 01 is 73,525 stitches across 164.6 by 305.2 millimetres, in six thread colours.

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26,35073,525Stitches

KhakiBlock 01 / 18WhiteBlock 18 / 18

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A simplified drawing of the production needle path, 18 colour blocks in the order the machine ran them. It keeps one stitch in three so it runs on a phone; the count runs to the 73,525 on the production sheet.

Work 01 in numbers

Stitches: 73,525
Colour blocks: 18
Thread colours: 6
Embroidery: 164.6 x 305.2 mm
Cloth: 600 gsm
Fibre: 100% cotton
Sizes: M, L, XL

No pouch. No drawcord.

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03

Turn it

Colour block 10 of 18, stitch 57,228, Red

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Pick it up. Six views, one tap each.

A close crop of the front of Work 01 in Burgundy, laid flat: one empty panel, no pouch and no drawcord. — PLATE 01 The front. One panel, no pouch, no drawcord.

A close crop of the back of Work 01 in Burgundy: the embroidered rose between the shoulder blades, LOOMÉ stitched under the stem. — PLATE 02 The back. The rose worked between the shoulder blades, LOOMÉ under the stem.

A close crop of the hood of Work 01 in Burgundy, standing up, the doubled edge visible at the opening. — PLATE 03 The hood. Two layers of the same cloth, sewn as one.

A close crop of a cuff of Work 01 in Burgundy: the wide sleeve gathering into a deep rib. — PLATE 04 The cuff. The balloon sleeve gathers into tight rib.

A close crop of the hem of Work 01 in Burgundy: the wide body gathered into a deep rib waistband. — PLATE 05 The hem. Deep rib holds the body in at the hip.

PLATE 06 The thread, rendered at 1:1 from the production stitch file.

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Worn

Colour block 13 of 18, stitch 64,115, Pink

Volume you can read from across the street.

Photographed in Paris, in daylight. Each plate carries the colour and the place, and nothing else.

Two men standing on a ledge, photographed from below against a cloudy sky. On the left the Ash Grey hoodie with arms crossed and wide jeans, on the right the Bubblegum Pink hoodie with hands in the pockets. — PLATE 07 Ash Grey and Bubblegum Pink, a stone ledge above the rooftops, Paris.

A person from behind in the Burgundy hoodie in front of a clipped hedge, with out-of-focus yellow leaves crossing the near foreground. The rose and its long stem run down the centre of the back. — PLATE 08 Burgundy, a clipped hedge, Paris.

The same man walking a gravel path in the Ash Grey hoodie and wide faded jeans, turned towards the camera. Clipped hedges and a pale stone Paris facade sit behind him in the sun. — PLATE 09 Ash Grey, a gravel path, Paris.

05

Order

Colour block 18 of 18, stitch 72,276, White

One hoodie. Every stitch accounted for.

Three colours, three sizes, one price of €195. Stock is counted by hand, so sold out means sold out.

Built to be looked at closely.

73,525 / 73,525. The wordmark is the last thing the machine sews.