PDX TO NYC

The day has finally come.

After over a year of designing on screens, swapping CADs back and forth, and dreaming about what STANDISH. could be, we packed our bags and flew to New York to meet the MaeKnit team for the first time.

Seeing it in person hits different.

We connected with Mallory, the founder of MaeKnit, back in October 2025. She's exactly who you want building your clothes. Sharp, warm, and completely sure of her craft. Walking into the factory and meeting her full team face to face was the moment this stopped being a plan and started being real.

Here's the thing about designing clothes. You pour your heart into a blank piece of paper. You sketch. You revise. You obsess. But none of it actually lives until someone makes it.

We handed MaeKnit our sketches six months ago. Now the full collection is knit and heading through the wash for finishing. The colors and the details, those are meant to be experienced in person and on body.

Our first day was a full dive. We saw the cones of yarn we chose back in November. Paired trim yarns with the right colors. Watched our samples move through every stage of production.

The factory floor is loud and alive. Machines whirring at full speed, filling the entire room. Then the knitting stops. A beep. The pieces are done. The swish of steam from the iron setting the shape. Then off to the linking machine, where the sound gets quieter. Almost delicate. Like whispered prayers.

We started STANDISH. because we believe the discipline of tailoring belongs in knitwear. That craft and technology aren't opposites, they're partners. This trip was the first time we saw that idea walk off a screen and onto a factory floor.

We're just getting started.

Welcome to STANDISH.