SS26 — FIRST CUT

grown, not made.

Eleven pieces. One mill run. Each numbered.

hollow core / structural fibre

03 / Cloth study

Cloth has volume.

A shirt is architecture in cloth: surface, weight, fold and space around the body. The study remains lightweight until a real Shopify 3D product model is selected.

Procedural cloth study / lightweight 3D

cloth / volume / proportion

noun · botany

culm

/kʌlm/

The hollow, jointed stalk of a grass or hemp plant — the part that stands, carries the weight, and becomes fibre.

from latin culmus — stalk
the structure before the cloth

04 / Process film

Show the making.

Film belongs here when it documents something real: fibre, retting, mill work, cutting, making, repair or the way the cloth moves in wear.

No generic campaign footage is substituted here. Add a real CULM process film in the theme editor when the field, retting, mill, cutting or garment footage is ready.

Playback
Click to play. No autoplay. External video is not loaded until requested.

Context
Name the place, process and date in the film caption instead of using vague sustainability language.

Register — SS26 — FIRST CUT

The eleven.

One mill run. Each piece numbered. When it closes, it closes.

01 Hemp Overshirt hemp — gsm open

02 Field Trouser hemp — gsm open

03 Retted Tee hemp — gsm open

04 Stalk Knit natural fibre — gsm open

05 Canvas Chore Coat natural fibre — gsm open

06 Raw Selvedge Short natural fibre — gsm open

Provenance / recorded against the number

Field, retting, mill, cut.

The origin is stated as a record, not a claim. Name the place and date for every stage.

01 / date

Field

Name the field

02 / date

Retting

Name the water / retting place

03 / date

Mill

Name the mill

04 / date

Cut

Name the cutting room

06 / The Material Archive

The Material Archive.

A private index of fibre, process and garment life.

CULM begins with material specificity. Hemp, banana and bamboo are not used as environmental shorthand; each fibre is considered for how it is grown or sourced, how it becomes yarn, how it behaves as cloth and what evidence can follow it into the finished garment.

Material thesis

The CULM USP is not an ‘eco fabric’ badge. It is the discipline of choosing distinctive plant-derived fibres, naming the process, recording provenance when verified, building the garment around the cloth, and keeping that garment useful through care and service.

01

Stem / bast fibre

Hemp

What it is

Hemp textile fibre is taken from the bast layer of the plant stem. Retting and subsequent processing separate and prepare the fibre bundles for spinning.

Cloth character

Often dry, crisp and structured in hand, with useful strength. The cloth can relax and soften through wear and laundering depending on yarn, blend, weave and finish.

Environmental context

In suitable farming systems, hemp can be grown with comparatively modest irrigation and crop-protection inputs. The final footprint still depends on region, yield, retting, spinning, weaving, dyeing, finishing and energy.

CULM records

Field or region · retting / extraction · mill · blend · GSM · dye / finish

02

Pseudostem / agricultural side-stream

Banana

What it is

Banana textile fibre can be extracted from the pseudostem left after fruit harvest. The exact fibre quality and route depend on how that biomass is collected and processed.

Cloth character

It can range from structured and lightly lustrous to softer qualities depending on extraction, fibre preparation, yarn construction, blending and finish.

Environmental context

When pseudostem from an existing fruit crop becomes textile feedstock, it can create value from an agricultural side-stream. The benefit is not automatic: extraction chemistry, water, energy, transport, blending and finishing still matter.

CULM records

Source region · residue route · extraction method · yarn / blend · mill · dye / finish

03

Cellulose / process-defined

Bamboo

What it is

‘Bamboo’ describes the feedstock, not the finished fibre route. It may be mechanically processed or converted into a regenerated cellulose fibre such as viscose or lyocell.

Cloth character

Regenerated bamboo cellulose can create smooth, fluid cloth; handle, strength and durability depend on the fibre route, yarn, blend, construction and finishing.

Environmental context

Bamboo can be a productive cellulose feedstock, but pulping and fibre regeneration can dominate its impact. CULM distinguishes the actual process and uses terms such as ‘closed-loop’ only when supplier evidence supports them.

CULM records

Pulp source · fibre route · process / recovery evidence · mill · blend · GSM · finish

CULM / material method

From fibre to evidence.

A material earns its place through performance, process clarity and a record that can become more complete over time.

01

Select

Choose fibre for hand, drape, strength, climate and garment purpose — not for an abstract green badge.

02

Name

Name the actual process. A plant name alone does not explain retting, extraction, pulping, regeneration, dyeing or finishing.

03

Record

Attach origin, mill and process data to the garment when it can be verified. Unknown information stays visibly unknown.

04

Build

Use considered construction and controlled editions so the cloth is treated as a design material, not campaign decoration.

05

Keep

Mend, alter and, where the fibre and finish allow, re-dye — extending useful life before replacement.

The CULM difference

Luxury is more information, not more noise.

For CULM, luxury sits in the decision before the garment: an unusual fibre chosen for a reason, a process described precisely, a controlled edition, careful construction and a service life after purchase. The result is clothing with a material biography rather than a vague sustainability story.

Read the environmental record See lifetime service

Environmental performance varies by farm, feedstock, extraction or regeneration route, chemistry, energy, transport, dyeing, finishing, durability and end of life. CULM states benefits as context, not guarantees, and reserves quantified claims for documented measurements.

07 / Environmental record

Measured, named, or left blank.

CULM treats environmental information as a record, not a mood. A claim belongs here only when the underlying origin, process or measurement can be named.

Traceability

Name the field, process, mill and cloth data where they are actually recorded.

Garment life

Mending, alteration and re-dyeing are designed to extend use before replacement.

Digital restraint

Video is click-to-load, motion can be reduced, and low-impact mode removes non-essential visual work.

01

Fibre origin

Record the source at garment level when confirmed.

pending

02

Process

Name retting, extraction, spinning, weaving or lyocell route where documented.

recorded

03

Production route

Field → mill → cut. Add exact places and dates only when verified.

recorded

04

Garment life

Mend / alter / re-dye where construction and finish allow.

recorded

05

Carbon figure

No garment-level carbon number is displayed until it has been measured with a defined method.

not measured

What we do not claim.

We do not turn incomplete data into a generic eco score, carbon-neutral statement or unqualified green claim. When a measurement has not been made, the record says so. When provenance is available, it is named at garment level.

Rich media loads on request.

Service / recorded

Mended for as long as you own it.

Every repair, re-dye and alteration is recorded against the garment number.

01

Mending

Repair is available for as long as the garment remains yours.

02

Re-dyeing

Where the fibre and finish allow, colour can be renewed without replacing the garment.

03

Alteration

The garment can be altered as its owner or use changes.

01 / 03

Hemp

Bast fibre from the plant stem. Farming, retting and mill details are recorded when they can be confirmed.

Origin — state origin Process — retted / spun / woven Weight — — gsm

02 / 03

Banana

Fibre can be extracted from pseudostem left after fruit harvest. CULM names the source and extraction route rather than treating residue use as an automatic impact claim.

Origin — state origin Process — extracted / spun / woven Weight — — gsm

03 / 03

Bamboo

Feedstock is not process. CULM states the actual mechanical, viscose or lyocell route and uses closed-loop language only when supported by process evidence.

Origin — state origin Process — process to be verified Weight — — gsm