Tiger is cut in a single pass — no second attempt, no correction once the blade moves. The lines read as casual; the angles were not. Every cut is measured before the needle touches cloth. What repeats is the discipline, not the object — hand-cut means no two pieces are ever quite the same.
The face is hand-cut in a single pass, then worked in reverse-appliqué — the panel is set from behind, not stitched on top. What reads on the surface is negative space: the motif shows through the missing cloth, not the added thread.
One thing anchors the piece regardless of colourway: the eye. A deliberate colour break, set by hand, that locks focus onto the face — the same anchoring principle behind The Focal Anchoring.
There's no correcting a cut once it's made. Every pass of the blade exposes the base layer — no patching, no hiding it. The raw edge stays open, on purpose: real structure, worn and washed into the piece over time.
Machine wash 30°C, gentle cycle. Iron directly on the embroidery — no interfacing to melt, no backing to warp. Wears under a jacket. Goes into the machine. Survives a backpack. The structure is in the thread, not around it.
Four steps. One piece that will outlive the trend it never followed.
Short sleeve, the original cut. Hand-cut face motif, reverse-appliqué construction.
Same construction, full sleeve. Colder months, same anchor.
Heavier base, hood-set motif placement. The face reads at distance.
The optical anchor set in cyan thread — the sharpest break against every colourway.
The same anchor, set in neutral grey — quieter, closer to the natural iris.
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Individually hand-cut by Darius. Made to order.
The colour in the eyes is not decoration — it's a focal anchor. Read the technique in The Focal Anchoring →
Every Tiger sold is entered into Codex 2026 — the physical registry, 300 numbered pages a year. See your page, and the piece itself, in person.