(… Or at least half a pattern) Happy 2019! Remember the Anni building block pattern that we released on our 5th birthday last year? And the Wrap Skirt add-on block that was published in October? Now we have yet another add-on pattern for Anni, and it’s a wrap bodice! The Anni Wrap Bodice add-on block will […]

Long time no blogging! As you might have already heard, Named has been focusing on book writing for the past year, and we haven’t released a new collection since fall 2017 (the book ’Breaking the Pattern – a Modern Way to Sew’ is coming out in a month, on November 15th, by the way!). However, […]

Did you know, that our Ninni culottes were named after a character called Ninni in the Muumi books by a Finnish author Tove Jansson? Those books and the TV animation made after them are a big thing here in Finland, and a huge part of our cultural heritage and identity. We’re kind of insanely proud […]

May we introduce to you our second intern ever – Varpu! Unfortunately her internship at Named has already ended some time ago, but while she was here she proved to be a hard working and talented little lady, with a fantastic attitude and heaps of creativity! She did some great work with us this spring, […]

I hope you all read the Alexandria Track Pants post that was published yesterday. If not, scroll down to the article below to see what we’re talking about! Ok, let’s cut to the chase, the promised Alexandria pocket tutorial: These pants are quite simple to make, the front pocket and pleat construction being probably the […]

I’m not a big fan of wearing jeans in the summer, actually I retired my jeans already a couple of months ago. But the thing with jeans is that they are so functional, a garment that you can wear with nearly any top, and to almost any occasion. Basically, a piece of clothing that you […]