ROHWEISS is a clothing project by Noemi Braun & Jun Mayers rooted in reinvention, existential inquiry, and the subtle beauty of imperfection. Named after the German term for ‘off-white’, ROHWEISS suggests a blank slate, but not an empty one. It is a canvas imbued with memory, wear, and the potential for transformation.

Philosophically guided by Japanese aesthetic principles and existential thought, ROHWEISS explores themes of identity, self-perception, and the act of starting anew. Each garment is a meditation on becoming, an oscillation between presence and absence, between the inherited and the reimagined.

Working with a diverse set of craft practices, ROHWEISS permeates pre-existing textiles with new meaning. The three main approaches being reconstruction, reuse, and reknitting. Vintage garments are dissected and reconfigured with respect to their integral structures, embracing existing fractures and impermanent signs of aging as defining traits. Deadstock and antique textiles, including disused tablecloths, are recontextualised through hand-applied garments treatments such as sumi ink object dyeing and natural waxing for water repellency. Wool, cotton, and silk knitwear is unraveled and manually reknitted into new pieces using traditional machines, extending the lifecycle of materials with care and intention.

All components are sourced within Europe. Production is based in Berlin, where each piece is constructed in-house using slow, handcraft-based methods. The outcome is a series of highly limited, handmade garments that foreground simplicity, muted tones, and material nuance. ROHWEISS garments display their history openly, visible signs of aging, softness and rigidity, fragility and robustness coexist to create a quiet tension.

Each piece is a proposal. Not for perfection, but for continuity.

A reflection of the self as it is: in process, in flux, in search.