Research Unit

Making clothes involves choices: which fabrics absorb Cape Town's winter moisture without clinging, which cuts suit the reality of how people move and work, how to keep production sustainable without cutting corners on quality. Research Unit approaches clothing as something that should be deliberately made, not just assembled. Their pieces are the result of thinking through fabric weight, dye methods, construction details, and fit across different body types. The work shows—in seams that hold, in materials that breathe and age gracefully, in designs that don't chase trends but instead focus on garments that feel right the moment you wear them.