The Atelier
Sketches, cloth and the geometry behind ORTHIC. Every piece starts here, on paper, before it becomes cloth.
The name · OR-thik
Made only from true lines
ORTHIC comes from geometry. Take any triangle and drop a perpendicular from each corner to the opposite side. Where those three altitudes land, join the points, and you have the orthic triangle: a smaller shape hidden inside the first one, made only from true lines.
The root is the Greek orthos, “straight, right”. We wanted a name that means precision and uprightness, because that is how the clothes should feel.
The philosophy
True lines
A shoulder that follows the body. A seam that sits where it should. A leg that falls cleanly.
Quiet weight
We name the fibre and the weight, and let the cloth carry the piece. One small tonal mark, never more.
LA light
Los Angeles gives us ease: sun-faded colour, canyon neutrals and the soft blazer over a tee.
The collections
LINEA MORBIDA
The “soft line”. Unstructured jackets, pleated trousers, overshirts and knit polos, built without canvas or padding.
QUIET WEIGHT
Luxury streetwear in serious fleece and jersey: heavy hoodies, tees and crews, cut relaxed and long.
LONG HOUR
Refined staples. Knits, shirts and tees you reach for without thinking.
CURVE STUDY
Denim cut with trouser logic: curved legs, panelled washes, clean backs. No rips, no whiskers.
CANYON HOUR
LA sun. Faded colour and painted canyon light on easy summer shapes.
STATEMENT
Short runs of plain-spoken tees. Said once, then gone.
From the sketchbook
Five pieces, on paper
Linea Morbida
Morbida Soft Blazer, Hopsack
Wool-linen hopsack (target 55% wool / 45% linen, 260–300 g/m²). No canvas and no shoulder pad: the sleeve head is eased with a single cotton-wadding roping strip, so the shoulder stays natural. Two buttons, an 8 cm notch lapel, three patch pockets with pick-stitched edges. Half-lined in printed viscose twill.
In sampling
Curve Study
Curve Study Curved Jean
12.5 oz rigid 100% cotton denim, 3×1 right-hand twill, rinse indigo, sanforised. The side seam and inseam rotate forward about 2 cm at the knee, so the leg arcs from knee to hem. Clean back pockets. The only mark is a 0.8 cm square tonal bar-tack.
In sampling
Quiet Weight
Quiet Weight Hoodie
16.5 oz/yd² (560 gsm) cotton-blend fleece. A double-layer hood with no drawcord or eyelets, a bar-tacked kangaroo pocket and a slightly dropped shoulder. Across the upper back, one line in cream: QUIET THINGS LAST LONGER.
Long Hour
Long Hour Classic Knit Crew
A 450 gsm cotton-blend knit (55% cotton / 45% polyester), knitted to order. A classic regular fit, with the hem band sitting at the high hip. Clean, with no mark to read.
Canyon Hour
Canyon Hour Sun Tee
300 gsm cotton with 5% elastane, printed edge to edge before cutting. Our original painting, The Canyon at Vespers, is matched across the shoulder and side seams, so it reads as part of the cloth, not a square stuck on top.
The signature twists
One idea per garment
Back quotes. Short original lines, like QUIET THINGS LAST LONGER or STILL WATER, WARM STONE, set in small serif capitals across the upper back.
Gold-thread writing. A tiny ORTHIC · MMXXVI at the chest or inside a waistband, about 6 mm tall. Old-gold thread on made-to-order pieces; metallic antique gold on our cut-and-sew pieces.
Symbols. The Olive-and-Key Crest, an olive branch crossed with an old warded key inside a thin ring. It’s stitched on a blazer pocket or engraved on a jean button.
Painted prints. Original paintings in a Renaissance manner (skies, canyons, olive groves) printed into linings, facings and all-over tees. Each one is engineered to the pattern, so it sits in the fabric, not on it.
One mark per garment. Every seam on purpose.