• fabric sourcing
• production

Inspiration in shapes and colors. In Portugal I usually stay in A Ver-o-Mar, an area in Póvoa de Varzim, a small city north of Porto. The city...

• fabric sourcing

A.D.Deertz sources most fabrics in Italy — overstock from the world's best mills, found in warehouses across different regions. Independent Berlin menswear brand.  

• collaboration
• indigo
• production

A traditional Nung indigo jacket found in Hanoi, a fabric atelier, and a night bus to Cao Bang — the story behind A.D.Deertz hand-dyed indigo...

• fabric sourcing

A.D.Deertz visited Addis Ababa — Africa's largest market, extraordinary coffee, and a workshop of master weavers producing traditional geometric textiles by hand. Independent Berlin menswear...

• fabric sourcing
• knitwear

A.D.Deertz produced in small specialised workshops in northern Portugal — shirts, trousers, knitwear, small runs made possible by being on the ground. Independent Berlin menswear...

• fabric sourcing
• production

In 2010, A.D.Deertz opened on Torstrasse in Berlin — a collection produced in Hanoi from fabric shipped by truck through Cambodia. The improvised beginning of...

• styling
• wool

A visit to nomadic herders in Mongolia — cashmere goats, a life built around animals, and camel wool sourced for the shop. A trip that...

• production

While working in Bangkok, A.D.Deertz visited Guangzhou — China's main fabric hub — searching for materials for small production runs. One woman enterprise among major...

in Bangkok, A.D.Deertz developed its first pure menswear collection — two and a half years working with an Indian family-run fabric company that shaped the...