THE KIT
The LFA 6-Inch Technical Gym Short
Why the LFA 6-inch training short uses more than double the standard panel count, and what that means for how it fits and moves.
Journal
From the studio. On construction and considered things.
THE KIT
The LFA Micro Active Cap
What the LFA Micro Active Cap does differently, and why a cap that moves heat away instead of holding it earns its place in a training kit.
THE KIT
The LFA Performance Crew Sock
Why the LFA Performance Crew Sock took a long time to get right, and what knitting locally in Cape Town from specialist yarns actually changes.
THE KIT
The LFA Technical Gym Tee
What the Form-Frame cut on the LFA Technical Tee solves, built from 185 GSM poly-elastane and made by hand in Cape Town.
THE STANDARD
What The First Collection Is Not
A negative definition of Odyssey Black. The specific reasoning behind everything that was deliberately excluded before a single unit was cut.
The Inseam Is 6 Inches Here Is Why
The reasoning behind one specific number, and what it gets right.
FROM THE STUDIO
Founders Club Terms
The terms of LFA Founders Club membership and founder pricing.
FROM THE STUDIO
How We Chose a Manufacturer
Cape Town has a working textile industry. We did not have to look further than that.
FROM THE STUDIO
Cape Town At 5 Am
On the discipline of the early session, and the same discipline behind building the brand.
FROM THE STUDIO
The Founders Club Explained
What it is, what it costs, and why it closes the day we open.
THE KIT
What Most Training Shorts Get Wrong
A technical breakdown of the construction choices that separate apparel built for movement from gear designed for the mirror.
FROM THE STUDIO
Why We Started With Black
Odyssey Black launches in a single colourway. Here is the design decision behind it, and why the full colour system follows, not the other way around.