The

The Summer Dispatch

Summer

Dispatch

BY CASA BRANDA

The Summer Dispatch is a field guide to dressing

in summer heat: how different fabrics and materials behave, and what to look for. This is the first in a series of seasonal guides.

The Summer Dispatch is a field guide to dressing in summer heat: how different fabrics and materials behave, and what to look for. This is the first in a series of seasonal guides.

Textile science and technical consultation by Dr Kate Baker.

Textile science and technical consultation by Dr Kate Baker

The Summer Dispatch

The Summer Dispatch

The Summer Dispatch

Vol. 01

Vol. 01

Vol. 01

Casa Branda is an independent library of labels with lasting value built to sharpen discernment and the confidence to choose without being told what to think. Founded by Alyssa Ordillano, a brand designer whose fourteen years designing and promoting brands gave her a precise understanding of how brands construct their image, and how far that image can stray from what the product actually is.

Independence, craft, and evidence are the pillars. Brands are evaluated without commercial relationship, and everything is documented: construction, materials, and wider record. Built on a belief that better knowledge leads to better decisions, Casa Branda offers a membership of in-depth brand evaluations, with a toolkit open to all, for those who are ready to look more closely.

Casa Branda is an independent library of labels with lasting value built to sharpen discernment and the confidence to choose without being told what to think. Founded by Alyssa Ordillano, a brand designer whose fourteen years designing and promoting brands gave her a precise understanding of how brands construct their image, and how far that image can stray from what the product actually is.

Independence, craft, and evidence are the pillars. Brands are evaluated without commercial relationship, and everything is documented: construction, materials, and wider record. Built on a belief that better knowledge leads to better decisions, Casa Branda offers a membership of in-depth brand evaluations, with a toolkit open to all, for those who are ready to look more closely.

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