Komorebi design - The Foundation - Irvine, CA

The
Offering

First Wave

A first study in form, material, and repetition.

Clothing made to be worn, carried, faded, and remembered.

Ivory crew hanging above a folded black crew and raw cotton

The Collection

The First Wave

Our first offering begins with a small group of pieces built around everyday forms.

Sweatshirts and T-shirts become the foundation — familiar garments reduced to their essential shape, material, and purpose.

The collection is designed around organic and recycled cotton, restrained graphics, and pieces intended to change naturally through wear.

This is not a seasonal uniform.

It is the beginning of an evolving archive.

Ivory crew collar, shoulder, and ribbed cuff with raw cotton

Material

Built from cotton

Organic and recycled cotton form the material foundation of the first release.

Chosen not as decoration, but as the starting point of every garment.

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The simplest garment in the collection — treated as a surface for story, image, and repetition.

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Stories

Not every piece begins with clothing.

Some begin with an image.

Some with an object.

Some with a place, memory, or environmental detail.

Collection of Stories documents the references behind the pieces and the ideas that continue beyond the garments themselves.

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Ivory crew and black tee laid with a cotton branch

The First Wave
arrives September — October 2026

First Wave

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