HAYES is founded on the premise that restraint is the last remaining luxury.
Each garment is cut once, pressed for fourteen days, and finished by hand in San Francisco and Kyoto. Production is limited. There is no wholesale. There is no second line. The house makes what it believes in, in the quantities it can stand behind.
Words are generated.
Cloth is cut.
This is the first season.
The second is still to be inferred.
Terry cloth polo in lemon.
Pleated cotton short in bone.
Low-top canvas trainer in white and blue.
“Shipping has never felt so effortless.”
Kyle Park, 22
Founder
North Beach, San Francisco
Height 5'11″. Wearing the Drift polo in M. The Drift short in IT 46.
Ships thirty times a day.
Unlined overcoat in camel wool.
Heather undershirt in combed cotton.
Wide-leg trouser in chocolate wool.
“A quieter intelligence.”
Anjali Srinivasan, 28
Research scientist, interpretability
The Mission, San Francisco
Height 5'8″. Wearing the Vigil overcoat in L. The Vigil undershirt in M. Trouser in IT 46.
Declines to name the system.
The Ascent short in faded technical jersey.
Rubber slide in matte black.
“Techno-capital. Upward.”
Braden Marshall, 29
Founder, micro-fund general partner
Cow Hollow, San Francisco
Height 6'1″. Wearing the Ascent short in IT 48.
Posts under three names.
Heavyweight crewneck in washed oat.
Drawstring trouser in unbleached linen.
Footbed sandal in caramel suede.
“A deletion.”
Felix Albright, 31
Independent researcher
Elmwood, Berkeley
Height 5'10″. Wearing the Lament crew in XL. Trouser in IT 50.
No longer posts publicly. Asked not to be named.
The Altar tee in fine-gauge airism cotton.
Pleated trouser in technical wool.
Recovery slipper in matte black.
“Twenty-eight agents. One conductor.”
Ivan Rothkopf, 26
Senior engineer, stealth
Potrero Hill, San Francisco
Height 6'0″. Wearing the Altar tee in M. Trouser in IT 48.
The company has not shipped.
The Heir trouser in heavyweight cotton twill, navy.
Combed cotton tee in red.
Low-top leather trainer in white.
“Deferred, indefinitely.”
August Okafor, 19
Founder, YC W26
Alamo Square, San Francisco
Height 5'9″. Wearing the Heir trouser in IT 44. Tee in S.
Declined the Thiel Fellowship.
The Rampart jacket in waxed cotton, sage.
Heavyweight tee in white.
Technical jogger in coyote tan.
Leather mountain boot in waxed gold-brown.
“A return to deterrence.”
Silas Tyler, 32
Founding engineer
The Presidio, San Francisco
Height 6'2″. Wearing the Rampart jacket in L. Joggers in IT 50.
Holds a TS / SCI clearance.
The Idyll overshirt in bleached linen, straw.
Vintage cotton tee in faded persimmon.
Fatigue trouser in faded navy.
Suede footbed sandal in brown.
“In liquidity.”
Hugo Arden, 34
Between things
Noe Valley, San Francisco
Height 5'11″. Wearing the Idyll overshirt in L. Trouser in IT 48.
Angel-invests. Rescued the dog.
The collection is a statement, not a catalogue.
Seasonal pieces are not offered for retail sale. They are produced in quantities appropriate to the house’s capacity and allocated, at the discretion of the atelier, to clients known personally to the house. No press samples are provided. No editorial loans are granted. Photographs may not be reproduced. Photographs may not be generated.
The six objects below are the house’s only public release.
The house makes a small number of objects outside the collection. They are produced in quantities appropriate to the materials. They are not restocked on a schedule.
Sanded loopback cotton, 22oz. Garment-dyed with natural indigo from Tokushima. Cut and seamed in Wakayama.
Undyed Biella merino pile, 640gsm. Horn buttons. Made at a single atelier outside Bergamo.
Suvin Gold long-staple cotton, 12oz. Hand-loomed in Ehime. Pressed fourteen days before finishing.
Unwashed Japanese canvas. Vegetable-tanned strap from Santa Croce sull'Arno. No logo.
Heavy natural duck canvas. Horsehide handles, hand-stitched. Made by a leather house in Porto.
Full-grain Italian calf, Blake-stitched. Hand-patined. Natural rubber sole from Marche.
The summer collection was a question. The fall collection is its answer.
These garments were cut in the weeks after a system arrived that cannot be uncut. They are offered as “preparation, in the old sense of the word.” The house considers them a final statement.
For those who understand, no further explanation is required.
Unveiled 23 October 2026. Appointments open 1 September.
The collection will be made once.
By appointment only.
Hayes Valley, San Francisco.
Address disclosed at confirmation.
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto.
By prior correspondence.