Nicole R. and I have never done anything without a little delusion and a whole lot of uncertainty. We met at a fashion show, turned our lunches into a podcast, and when that chapter closed, kept circling back to the same quiet obsession: clothing and style as a language for things we couldn't fully verbalize. She learned to construct garments. I made things with my hands. We found a pattern. So one afternoon, over lunch, as one does, the idea simply surfaced. What can I say? Sometimes delusion over lunch is a very good place to start.

- Nicole H.