Cinder
About
Small runs, made close to home.
Cinder is a streetwear label from Toronto. We make a few pieces at a time, print them by hand and never make them again.
They sold in five days. We used the money to make six more pieces, then eight, then twelve. The rule never changed: make a short run, print it ourselves, and let it go.
Our blanks are cut and sewn in Toronto and Montréal by people we can visit. Every print is pulled by hand in one room on Dundas Street.
Studio
The room
Three tables, two presses, one rail.
Water-based inks, mixed by eye
Hems finished in Montréal
Labels sewn last
How we work
Three rules
We keep it simple on purpose.
1
One run
Each piece is made once, in a numbered run. No restocks, no second colours later.
2
Printed by hand
Every print is pulled by hand, which keeps runs small and edges a little different.
3
Made close to home
Cut and sewn within a day’s drive of the studio, by people we know by name.
On the road
Pop-ups
Where the rail goes next.
Toronto
Level 3, Ossington car park
Fri 13 Nov to Sun 15 Nov
Montréal
Atelier Saint-Laurent
Sat 5 Dec to Sun 6 Dec
Chicago
Kinzie loading dock
Sat 16 Jan to Sun 17 Jan
London
Arch 42
Sat 13 Feb to Sun 14 Feb
Berlin
Hof 4
Sat 13 Mar to Sun 14 Mar
Vancouver
Railtown studio
Sat 10 Oct