Journal – Perfection Fitness

Journal

Notes on fabric, fit and how we make things. How we wash-test, how we choose colors, how to look after what you train in.

How to measure yourself for training clothes

Five minutes with a soft tape measure saves a return. Where to measure chest, waist, hip and inseam, and the mistakes that throw sizes off.

Three warm colors for the shorter days, chosen to sit with Black, Bone and Heather Grey. Where they came from and how to wear them.

Most training clothes are not worn out by training. They are worn out by the dryer, the softener and the gym bag. Five habits to drop.

Ten colors, each one tested for how it washes, how it looks wet and how it works with the other nine. Here is how a color earns a place.

Every photo on this site uses the same light, the same backdrop and no faces. Here is why we shoot the clothes, not the people wearing them.

A 6 a.m. session starts cold and ends warm. Three thin layers you can shed one at a time work better than one heavy one. Here is the system.

Five, seven or nine inches? The right inseam depends on how you train, not on fashion. A practical guide to picking shorts that stay put.

Before a fabric makes it into the line, it goes through 50 home washes. Here is what we measure, what we look for and what fails.