LITHUANIA WAS THE LAST PAGAN NATION IN EUROPE. UNTIL 1387, WHILE THE REST OF THE CONTINENT CONVERTED, WE HELD OUR OLD GODS IN THE TREES. SHRINES WERE NOT TEMPLES. THEY WERE GROVES — OPEN CLEARINGS IN THE FOREST WHERE RITUALS HAPPENED UNDER THE SKY.

THIS BRAND CARRIES THAT LINEAGE. BALTIC, PAGAN, FORESTED, QUIET, STUBBORN. A PLACE THAT NEVER LET GO.

NAKTÌBALDA — A LITHUANIAN WORD FOR THE ONE WHO WALKS THE NIGHT, WHO DOES NOT SLEEP, WHO BANGS AROUND IN THE DARK. IT IS NOT A NICE WORD. IT IS A WORD GRANDMOTHERS USED TO SCOLD THEIR GRANDSONS FOR COMING HOME AT FOUR IN THE MORNING.

WE TOOK IT BECAUSE IT IS OURS AND BECAUSE IT IS HONEST. LIKE EVERY COLLECTION WE WILL RELEASE, THE NAME IS LITHUANIAN. THE LANGUAGE IS OLDER THAN SANSKRIT. IT CARRIES WEIGHT WE REFUSE TO TRANSLATE. THIS IS CLOTHING FOR THE ONES STILL OUT WHEN EVERYONE IS ASLEEP. NOT FOR EVERYONE. IF THIS IS YOU — WELCOME.

NAKTÌBALDA IS A CLOTHING BRAND FROM VILNIUS. WE MAKE SMALL BATCHES OF HEAVYWEIGHT BASICS — HOODIES, TEES, PANTS, CAPS — DESIGNED TO LAST AND IMPROVE WITH WEAR.

THIS IS NOT FAST FASHION. FAST FASHION IS CHEAP LABOR, SYNTHETIC FABRIC, AND A LANDFILL IN FIVE YEARS. WE REFUSE ALL THREE.

EACH DROP IS NAMED, DELIBERATE, UNHURRIED. NEW PIECES ARRIVE WHEN THEY ARE READY — NOT WHEN A SEASON SAYS SO. WE DO NOT CHASE QUARTERS. WE DO NOT CHASE TRENDS. WHAT WE RELEASE EXISTS BECAUSE WE CHOSE TO MAKE IT.

EVERY GARMENT IS CUT AND SEWN IN LITHUANIA BY LOCAL HANDS WE PAY FAIRLY. WE WORK WITH SMALL ATELIERS, NOT FACTORIES. THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR CLOTHES KNOW OUR NAMES.

ONLY NATURAL MATERIALS. 100% COTTON, LINEN, HEMP, WOOL — NOTHING SYNTHETIC. EVER. ALL FABRICS SOURCED WITHIN LITHUANIA.

DROPS HAPPEN WHEN THEY ARE READY. WE DO NOT FOLLOW SEASONS. WE DO NOT CHASE TRENDS. THE GARMENT LEAVES OUR HANDS WHEN IT IS RIGHT.