the world of mikiknits

Meet Miki Zanini, the passionate knitter behind Mikiknits, a knitwear collection designed and handmade in Milan.

  • INTRODUCING ELVN

    A collection of handmade pillows by Heather Green.

    The perfect marriage of traditional techniques and modern sensibilities.

    Profile by Georgia Hilmer

  • FOUNDER'S LETTER

    “What we are proposing is not so much a new way of dressing, though you might find yourself adopting your own uniform, but a new way to think about clothing and how it fits into our lives.”

    A note from Melissa Ventosa Martin

  • THE ARCHIVIST

    With their series of still lifes capturing the timeless beauty of Edition I, photographer Maxime Poiblanc and stylist Chloe Daley give a lesson on preservation. We learn that sometimes, with proper care, an investment can be worth saving.

OF SEA AND STONe

Fair Isle — with its dramatic landscape and mythic knitwear — provides the perfect background for Edition II: traditional garments born of the sea and handmade for ease.

PHOTOGRAPHED BY MAXWELL TOMLINSON

  • Nanna Pause

    The art of double face.

    Story by Amy Larocca

  • What I wore When

    “But even as I chafed against my highschool uniform (or rather in its pernicious cheapness, it chafed against me) the concept of a uniform — a suite of clothes one can step into every morning without so much as thinking—has stuck.”

    An essay by Alix Browne

  • HEIRLOOMS - ARAN KNITS

    “ As a child I probably would have railed against the itch of these fishermen’s jerseys but decades down the line I delight at the opportunity of adorning my own children in a traditional geansaí..”

    Profile by Rebecca Guinness

OF TWO MINDS

Beloved menswear classics— shoes by Stefano Bemer, Shirts by 100 Hands, trousers by Ambrosi Napoli— take new shape.

Photographed by Thomas Giddings

  • CULTUS ARTEM

    “Rosa- a modern take on a classic floral, and possibly Tupper’s most sentimental creation of all- is an ode to her mother, a prominent New York-based floral designer who was passionate about life and loved growing roses.”

    Profile by Sandra Ballantine

  • Norlha

    Various trainers were brought to Tibet and Norlha was born, making the most beautiful and luxurious blankets in the world. (Until Norlha was established enough to sell under its own label, the workshop made blankets for no less than Hermes.)

    Story by Amy Larocca

  • GRANDPA BRAND

    “My aspirations were higher, actually: to take something modest and turn it into something that someone might treasure, something that someone might be able to love, something they could hold onto for the rest of their lives.”

    Story by Alena Saunders

  • Emma Mooney Pettway

    “As a young girl, I would sit under the quilt threading the needles to prepare for them to quilt with. When I got a little older I decided to start making my own quilts using the knowledge and experience I got from watching my mother and grandmothers. “

    Essay by Emma Mooney Pettway

  • Priah

    Juanita Garcia, the founder of Priah, was always focused on a career in social work, but somehow was always placing attention elsewhere rather than her home country, Colombia.

    Profile by Eugenia Gonzales de Henn

A SIMPLE LIFE

Handcrafted offerings from Edition I, curated around the idea of a uniform, with an essay by Whitney Vargas

Photographed by JAI ODELL