Sartorial Ethos

Getting dressed is a hedonistic act.

We believe that getting dressed is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off. Putting on clothes isn't just a morning to-do for us, it's a transcendent daily ritual. We believe that what you choose to wear is not incidental, it's formative.

Below is a glossary of beliefs that inform the work of Schloss and our outlook on life.

We Believe In Practicing Conversational Clothing:
Each garment is designed to interrupt the expected — to invite proximity, curiosity, and exchange between strangers. We are driven by clothing that alters the trajectory of a moment, that opens the possibility of encounter, accident, and deviation from the ordinary. Schloss aims to make pieces that will crack open your world.

We Believe In The Power Of Fun And Flirty:
It's the balance by which we live. Fun & Flirty is a principle of excess, play, and abandon. It is a commitment to dressing with instinct rather than restraint — to color, silhouette, and gesture that resist understatement. It is not a mood, but a mode of being: irreverent, alive, and unwilling to wait for occasion. At Schloss, it is the underlying logic of everything we make.

We Believe In Getting Dressed As Daily Transcendence:
It is the moment in which the day is set into motion, defined not by utility but by intention. We reject the idea of saving your favorite clothes for a “special occasion,” and are in favor of perpetual occasion — clothing that honors the everyday as worthy of celebration. 

We Believe Clothing Is Genderless:
We do not believe that clothing belongs to a specific gender. Because we work with existing garments, many pieces arrive labeled as "men's" or "women's." We retain these designations when describing a garment because they provide useful information about its original cut and sizing. They are not intended as a prescription for who should wear it.

We encourage you to shop across categories and focus on the garment itself — its measurements, proportions, and how you imagine wearing it. A shirt labeled "men's" may fit exactly as you like. A jacket labeled "women's" may become a wardrobe staple.

We believe with every fiber of our being that clothing is defined by how it is worn, not by who it was originally made for.

We Believe In Fit And Comfort, Not Numeric Sizing:
We reject the authority of numeric sizing. Fit is relational, not numerical; comfort is structural, not symbolic. Because we work with repurposed garments, sizing varies across eras, brands, and original manufacturers. A number on a tag reflects only its original system — not how a piece exists now.

We translate for you in item descriptions what a vintage size equates to by today's standards. What matters is how a garment lives on the body: how it moves, how it holds, and how it feels to wear. We encourage you to consider each garment as it is, not as it is labeled.

We Believe Experimentation Is Critical To Styling:
We encourage experimentation with how you wear your clothes. Proportion is fluid — oversized, fitted, cropped, or anything in between can all feel right depending on how you choose to style a piece.

That's all to say, try something you wouldn't usually wear and have fun with how you style it.