About · Dost
Dost is the Turkish word for friend.
We make clothes the way a friend would — honest about what went into them, patient about how they come together, quietly proud when they last.
Our beginning
Founded in 2012, in a room above a coffee shop.
The founders met at university in 2009. They started the studio three years later with a single blazer and a promise to make nothing they wouldn't wear themselves.
Fourteen years later, the blazer is still in production. So is the promise.
Four commitments
How we work.
— 01
Made at a human pace
Small production runs. Nothing enters the line until we have worn it ourselves for a season.
— 02
Materials, first
Linen from Bursa, cashmere from Inner Mongolia, cotton grown without a single bleaching agent.
— 03
Designed to last
We re-use patterns. The tuxedo trouser you buy today is cut from a paper first traced in 2019.
— 04
Repaired, returned, resold
Bring it in. We mend buttons, re-line linings, and resell what you outgrow via our Archive.
A short timeline
Fourteen years , quietly.
2012
A room in the city
The studio begins with six blazers, one pattern-cutter, and a friend who agreed to model them for a weekend.
2015
The atelier moves
We move into a former bookbinder's studio. Natural light, one kettle, four tables.
2019
The first permanent piece
The tuxedo trouser enters our continuous production line. It has not been re-cut since.
2023
The Knit Series
Twelve sweaters designed over three years with a family knitter in northern Italy.
2026
Still here
Two hundred and forty pieces a season, still hand-finished, still slow.
The studio
Twelve people, one kettle.
Team member one
Founder · Pattern-cutter
Team member two
Founder · Creative director
Team member three
Atelier lead
Team member four
Editor, The Journal