sulka studio Clothing · Berlin, Germany
The slowest way to make a dress
Sulka Studio is a Berlin slow fashion label that makes each garment to order and by hand, cutting, sewing and pressing every piece in one studio. Kathrin designs in muslin, cotton gauze and TENCEL, producing only what someone has actually asked for.
Only what is ordered
Sulka Studio works to a rule most labels could not survive: it makes a garment only once someone has ordered it. There is no back stock waiting to be discounted, no season to keep up with. A piece is cut, sewn and pressed in the same Berlin studio that ships it, then sent to the person who asked for it.

The making
Each design takes its time before it reaches that point. Kathrin researches a shape, drafts it, wears the test versions and adjusts them, sometimes for far longer than planned. The fabrics stay close to the skin and simple to name: muslin, cotton gauze, cotton satin, TENCEL. A dress falls to the ankle with a low back and a bow; a blouse is cut oversized with wide, cropped sleeves. Nothing about the making is hidden.

Because every piece is finished by hand, no two come out identical. Small differences in a seam or a press are left in rather than sanded away, the quiet marks of a garment someone actually made.

Made slowly, and only to order.


























