no scraps design… no kidding!

French label Kana Beach didn’t invent the “sarouel” (as they are called in France), but they sure made it look cool.

Adapted from the pants of a traditional Indian “salwar” there are lots of different variations by designers and crafty bitches around the world. I’m wondering which came first… the sarouel or the drop crotch jeans?

Kana Beach doesn’t just make sarouels though… check out their website.

I responded to an ad on Kijiji for a contract sewing job and it was Veronique! Sadly, I didn’t stay in Montreal but I was so excited to talk to her and see her collection. She is a real inspiration!

Clayton Evans is a fucking genius. Not only is he the zen master, a brilliant designer, he’s also a super nice guy. He laughs at my bad jokes, which itself is a bad joke, and taught me some mind-altering secrets of the fashion industry… like, if it’s not expensive as fuck rich people won’t buy it.

Working with him and his wacky team of sketchy babies for a few months taught me that you can fuck everything up and still be bigger than sushi. He washes items AFTER they’re sewn, stretches and wrinkles everything on purpose, shoves it in a plastic bag with a handmade tag on a safety pin, and charges $80 for an oversized cotton crop top – and fashionistas from Montreal to Hong Kong can’t get enough of it! His business grew over %300 in two years! Complexgeometries brings the term “trashbag” to a whole new level.

HUGE Respect.