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The 1804 Manifesto

Jan 01, 2026·6 min read
The 1804 Manifesto

The first Black republic was not gifted — it was claimed. Every garment we make begins with this premise.

When Jean-Jacques Dessalines tore the white from the French tricolor and the seamstress Catherine Flon stitched the red and blue together, she stitched a country into being. Threads, not weapons, finished the revolution.

We design with that same intention. A hoodie is not a hoodie. It's a wearable archive — a small monument to the people who refused to be property.

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