Noir Near Future

Enclothed Cognition

One of the­se col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons is ​‘Enclot­hed Cog­ni­ti­on’. Thro­ugh the­ir unique gar­ments, desig­ners Bre­gje Cox and Mark King want to empower the­ir cus­to­mers. The kimo­nos and jac­kets from the Enclot­hed Cog­ni­ti­on col­lec­ti­on are made to order and can take 2 to 6 weeks. The col­lec­ti­on is ins­pi­red by the ​‘Enclot­hed Cog­ni­ti­on’ the­ory, which des­cri­bes the influ­en­ce of clot­hes on the daily tasks and per­for­man­ce of the wearer. 

From 350 euro, you can order your own unique tro­users, dress or jac­ket with a fun print or made from jacqu­ard. Inte­res­ted? Click on this link.

Pulsar

Bre­gje Cox also foun­ded Pul­sar with Fre­de­rik De Wil­de. Toget­her, the duo have com­ple­tely uptur­ned the cla­ssic design pro­cess thro­ugh this pro­ject. Using spe­ci­al sof­twa­re, Fre­de­rik converts NASA public data into black-and-whi­te pat­ter­ns that are then tran­s­la­ted onto texti­les. The result is unique, luxu­ri­ous gar­ments. This new col­lec­ti­on inclu­des beauti­ful kimo­nos and time­less gar­ments. Pul­sar also uses this sof­twa­re to design sun­gla­sses and bra­ce­lets. The desig­ners never stop inno­va­ting. In the futu­re, they hope the­ir sof­twa­re will also be used by other desig­ners, not just Noir Near Future.

Materials

Desig­ner Bre­gje Cox stri­ves to be as sus­ta­ina­ble as possi­ble wit­ho­ut sacri­fi­cing quality. For both her own brand ​‘Noir Near Futu­re’ and her col­la­bo­ra­ti­ons, she always wor­ks with Dut­ch texti­le prin­ters and Jacqu­ard weavers.

In her own col­lec­ti­on, Bre­gje Cox com­bi­nes coutu­re tec­h­niqu­es with modern fashi­on tools such as 3D model­ling, 3D prin­ting and laser cut­ting. This means her gar­ments are always unique and bre­at­he luxury.

The brand uses dif­fe­rent types of fabrics inclu­ding cus­tom-woven jacqu­ard texti­les, digi­tal­ly prin­ted organ­za, silk and biopolymers for the bra­ce­lets and sun­gla­sses. For the bio-polymer used for the bra­ce­lets and sun­gla­sses, Bre­gje Cox wor­ks toget­her with 3D prin­ting expert, Stratasys. 

The Jacqu­ard fabric she has cho­sen to work with is from Ger­many and Italy and is of the hig­hest quality. It is also STEP and OEKO-TEX cer­ti­fi­ed. For some gar­ments, Noir Near Futu­re uses recy­cled PET from sup­pli­er NewLi­fe™ yarn. The Jer­sey print she uses is prin­ted at House of U. This texti­le prin­ting com­pany is based in the Net­her­lan­ds and is cur­ren­tly making the tran­si­ti­on to GOTS recy­cled texti­les. Howe­ver, the quality from this com­pany is not always the best, Bre­gje admits. 

Bre­gje Cox always opts for the hig­hest quality fabrics to ensu­re the lifes­pan of her clot­hing is as long as possible…music to our ears! 

Foto: Truc­ker jac­ket van Enclot­hed Cog­ni­ti­on col­lec­tie. Desig­ners: Bre­gje Cox en Mark King.

Working conditions

Noir Near Futu­re col­la­bo­ra­tes with local sewing stu­di­os in the Net­her­lan­ds and Bel­gi­um (both in Antwerp and Bru­ssels). Bre­gje is always on the looko­ut for local craf­t­smen with spe­ci­fic exper­ti­se to help bring to life her unique col­lec­ti­ons. Somet­hing we cer­ta­inly admi­re at COSH!.

Bre­gje always tri­es to do her texti­le prin­ting or Jacqu­ard weaving as local­ly as possi­ble to keep the brand’s envi­ron­men­tal foot­print as low as possible.

Slow fashion business model

All orders are tailor-made wit­hin a time fra­me of six to eig­ht weeks with the help of local craf­t­smen, wor­k­shops and seam­s­tre­sses. Cus­to­mers can book an appo­in­t­ment at her ate­li­er and then cho­ose a piece from the col­lec­ti­on. The­ir measu­re­ments will be taken so the piece can be ful­ly adap­ted to the­ir sha­pe. With Noir Near Futu­re, you’ll leave with a unique piece, made-to-measu­re from the hig­hest quality fabrics that will last you forever.