FORTIE IS AN INDEPENDENT DESIGN STUDIO BASED IN NEW YORK, FOUNDED BY BRITISH DESIGNER ESSIE BUCKMAN. WORKING ACROSS BESPOKE COMMISSIONS, READY-TO-WEAR, AND CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS, THE STUDIO CREATES GARMENTS THAT EXIST AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP, SELF-EXPRESSION, AND MODERN DRESS.

ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT CLOTHING HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM HOW WE MOVE, FEEL, AND EXIST IN THE WORLD, FORTIE APPROACHES EACH PIECE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE IDENTITY. GARMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE WORN, REINTERPRETED, AND LIVED IN. INVITING THE WEARER TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GARMENT.

DRAWING FROM ART, SUBCULTURE, STREET, AND PERSONAL NARRATIVE, THE STUDIO EMBRACES CONTRASTS: STRUCTURE AND SOFTNESS, UTILITY AND ELEGANCE, RESTRAINT AND PLAY. EVERY PIECE IS CREATED WITH INTENTION, RESULTING IN PIECES THAT FEEL BOTH DEEPLY PERSONAL AND DISTINCTLY FORTIE.

AT ITS CORE, FORTIE BELIEVES THAT THE MOST MEMORABLE CLOTHES AREN'T JUST WORN.

THEY BECOME PART OF A PERSON'S STORY.