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Journal

The McMarden studio diary — fittings, off-cuts, and the pages we didn't finish writing. Kept anyway. A few conversations with friends, colleagues, and the occasional muse. The journal is my way of sharing a bit of myself with you. A way to loose the fabric a bit and show a bit more of the behind the scenes. Moments in time memorialized through a multitude of mediums; voice notes, music, and a few pages torn in the process. 

JournalVoice Notes & more

Pages torn from the studio diary; The McMarden Memoirs.

Entry · VOICE NOTE 03.09.2025
01

A Snippet from the Studio

Second fitting, third time this week. R. holds the jacket up to the door light, thumbs the hem, doesn't like it. We take it back to the bench. Everything we make ends up here at least twice.

The pattern is right. The shoulder is not. We shave a quarter-inch and pin it again. Nobody says anything for a while. Then D. says: "That's it." And it is.

The lesson, if there is one, is that a garment is a conversation you have with a body. Second fitting, third time this week. R. holds the jacket up to the door light, thumbs the hem, doesn't like it. We take it back to the bench. Everything we make ends up here at least twice.

Convos In The StudioCoffee & Conversation with Vaughn Glover
John Lehman DTLA
Entry · VOICE NOTE 02.24.2025
02

Chambray, in the good light.

Shot the Lover Boy Pullover in a rented storefront on Broadway. The morning light lasted about forty minutes. We got what we needed in twenty. The rest of the roll is the model laughing at something the assistant said.

The pullover is one of those pieces we've made in some form for years now. This is the version we think will stay.

Convos In The StudioAn Afternoon with Daniele King
John Lehman DTLA