What began as a constraint turned into a playground. Over time, it evolved into a studio. A quiet collaboration between Ole and a group of skilled artisans in Bali - each bringing their own technique, precision, and meditative patience to the process.
The pieces resonated. Not just visually, but socially. People wore them to festivals, on album covers, through airports. Strangers asked about them. Conversations started. New stories got layered onto the original ones. The jackets became, in a way, unfinished artworks completed by those who wear them.
That spirit still lives in every piece today - rooted in slowness, craft, and curiosity. No rush. No mass production. Just real hands making real things.
The idea wasn’t to build a fashion label. In fact, there was no big idea at all.
It started during the quiet chaos of the pandemic. German multidisciplinary artist Ole Ukena was living in Bali, working from his studio, with exhibitions cancelled and canvases piling up. Out of curiosity more than anything, he stitched together a jacket - wearable art, something that could move through the world rather than hang on a wall.
He wore it. Someone saw it. They asked to buy one. Then someone else did too.
That first piece sparked a creative loop: experiment, create, wear, repeat. With no background in fashion, he approached each jacket like a canvas - one-of-one pieces made from what was available, guided by instinct and craft.
Two years ago, the creative loop expanded. Morta Kazlauskaite, Ole’s partner in both life and craft, joined the process—quietly shaping what was becoming a brand. With a sharp eye for structure and color, she stepped in to run production, coordinate logistics, and refine the process behind the scenes. Her background in management, systems and sustainability brought depth to the operations, while her color intuition and pattern sensibility added a new layer to the design language. She became the color captain—fine-tuning palettes, suggesting adjustments, and helping develop new silhouettes still to come.
The idea wasn’t to build a fashion label. In fact, there was no big idea at all.
It started during the quiet chaos of the pandemic. German multidisciplinary artist Ole Ukena was living in Bali, working from his studio, with exhibitions cancelled and canvases piling up. Out of curiosity more than anything, he stitched together a jacket - wearable art, something that could move through the world rather than hang on a wall.
He wore it. Someone saw it. They asked to buy one. Then someone else did too.
That first piece sparked a creative loop: experiment, create, wear, repeat. With no background in fashion, he approached each jacket like a canvas - one-of-one pieces made from what was available, guided by instinct and craft.
What began as a constraint turned into a playground. Over time, it evolved into a studio. A quiet collaboration between Ole and a group of skilled artisans in Bali - each bringing their own technique, precision, and meditative patience to the process.
The pieces resonated. Not just visually, but socially. People wore them to festivals, on album covers, through airports. Strangers asked about them. Conversations started. New stories got layered onto the original ones. The jackets became, in a way, unfinished artworks completed by those who wear them.
Two years ago, the creative loop expanded. Morta Kazlauskaite, Ole’s partner in both life and craft, joined the process—quietly shaping what was becoming a brand. With a sharp eye for structure and color, she stepped in to run production, coordinate logistics, and refine the process behind the scenes. Her background in management, systems and sustainability brought depth to the operations, while her color intuition and pattern sensibility added a new layer to the design language. She became the color captain—fine-tuning palettes, suggesting adjustments, and helping develop new silhouettes still to come.
That spirit still lives in every piece today - rooted in slowness, craft, and curiosity. No rush. No mass production. Just real hands making real things.
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