(04) Studio
Est. 2024
A small studio that cuts one uniform at a time.
The cutting room, Prague 1
We started SEVRA because getting dressed had become a hobby nobody asked for. A uniform takes the decision away and leaves the good part: clothes that fit, last, and look like you meant it.
Each drop is one character, a handful of pieces and a single run of 200. When a run sells out, the pattern comes off the wall and we start on the next one. Nothing is restocked, and nothing is made in case.
200
pieces in every run
5
people in the studio
400
km to the furthest mill
1
character per drop
Three rules we don’t break
01
Runs of 200
Small enough to cut in-house, large enough to keep the price honest. Every piece is numbered on the care label.
02
Mended for life
Send a SEVRA piece back at any age and we will repair it at cost. Buttons, seams and hems are free.
03
Made close
Wool from Biella, cotton from Porto, leather from a family tannery in Brno. Everything is finished in Prague.
(How a piece is made)
Six to nine weeks, sketch to shelf
Week 1
Sketch
One character, one palette. The look is drawn on Rei before a single piece is named.
Weeks 2–3
Pattern
Paper patterns are cut by hand and tested in calico until the shoulder sits right.
Weeks 3–6
Mill
Cloth is woven to order in short runs, so nothing sits in a warehouse.
Weeks 6–9
Cut & sew
Cut in Prague, sewn by two ateliers we can walk to, then numbered one by one.
(The people)
Founder, pattern cutter
Ines Varga
Trained in tailoring in Vienna, cut for theatre for eight years, and still drafts every SEVRA pattern by hand.
Production
Tomas Brož
Runs the mills and the ateliers. Knows every machinist by name and every delivery date by heart.
Image
Mila Horáková
Shoots the campaigns and writes most of the journal. Responsible for taking the floor away.