Icosa Apparel

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Icosa Apparel

The Morpha Bralet, a butterfly-inspired piece created for our made-to-order capsule collection! 🦋🩵🦋 (reposting bc IG didn’t load all the photos the first time)

The design was drawn by hand (see the video I posted last year) on the pattern piece and then scanned into Illustrator before being cut from a high-profile heat transfer vinyl. The vinyl is then heat-pressed to a pattern piece cut from power mesh before being sewn.

After much testing I found that the htv would come off the nylon power mesh as they are incompatible materials and so I started the quest for a solution. I tried many different methods but nothing worked—until yesterday when I finally found a fix! I’m excited to share the results with you, so check back soon to see the process and final product 🔥

I take a holistic approach to sustainability and one aspect of that is making sure Icosa clothes are made to last. That’s why the htv/nylon challenge was so frustrating—I didn’t want to compromise my design or use an inferior polyester mesh. But perseverance paid off! New creativity unlocked!

Photog Pat Bourque really captured the essence of this piece on model Sarah 🕶️—thanks again team for such wonderful images! 📸

Training and loving the cool weather! 🍁
It’s finally time for long sleeves and White Paws Run Mitts 🐾

Fall has always been my favorite time of year and it’s so nice to spend a Sunday morning outside running in the leaves. Tomorrow I’ll be back in the factory wrapping up our first presale shipment and getting ready to launch our next piece!

Happy Sunday!