Every LOKA.HAUS garment is designed around what it's actually made of — and how it's actually made.
The hardware
Each piece of brass hardware starts as a digital model, printed in PETG on our Bambu X1C in the Austin studio. The master gets sanded to 1000 grit, sealed with epoxy, and used to cast a silicone mold. We mix Smooth-Cast 325 resin with real brass powder at the bench, pour it by hand, and demold in ten minutes. What comes out gets wiped with mineral spirits, burnished with 0000 steel wool, and finished with a light shoe-polish patina that brings up the warmth in the brass.
Every clasp, every ring, every cord end on a LOKA.HAUS garment was made that way. Not sourced. Made.
The cords
Closures on our silk pieces are braided in-studio using the kumihimo method — a Japanese technique that produces dense, structural cord with a weight and finish no machine-made trim comes close to. We work with rayon satin and silk cord, weighted on hand-printed bobbins, braided on a foam disk or rigid frame depending on the pattern. The end is whipped with thread and capped with a cold-cast brass end piece.
The materials
We source deadstock fabric before we design. The material comes first — not the other way around. Deadstock is end-of-run or cancelled-order yardage from mills and manufacturers: it already exists, no new resources spent on producing it, and when the run is gone, the run is gone. Our silk is charmeuse — a satin-weave that catches light and moves with the body. Our structured pieces use ponte and technical jersey built for shape retention.
Small batch. Limited by material. Made with intention.
[Lisa Husberg, Founder — Austin, Texas]