Why I Write From the Work

A moment inside the work before anything is finished.

Most of my time has been spent inside apparel production, from the early stages through to the finished product. Not when things are already clear, but while they are still being worked out.

There is a lot that happens before anything feels settled. Before samples are right. Before production makes sense. Before there is confidence in what is being built.

Over time, I’ve come to see that much of this work is not visible. It sits in conversations, revisions, waiting, and small decisions that don’t feel important until much later.

This writing exists to reflect on what it actually feels like to be inside that process. Not as guidance, and not as explanation, but simply as thoughts shared as they come, shaped by time spent doing the work.

There is no intention to teach here, and no conclusions to reach. Just observations from within apparel production, written without judgment and without expectation.

From time to time, I’ll write from this place.

No schedule. No promise.

Only when something feels worth putting down.

That’s all this space is meant to hold.

Gary PWK

From the Work