The House Designer Troy Johnston. The T-Garment, where the house began in 2021: a tee built not to shrink, stretch or fade. One garment taken apart: Italian chenille, zip-off panels on full-length zippers, polished hardware and the MILARRI plate. The runway so far: Los Angeles, October 2023; New York Fashion Week, September 2024, Spring/Summer 2025 with F/ROW. Made to order: pieces cut for one.
The show · The collection
House of Milarri
Begins in the street. Resolves in the atelier.
Layered garments in Italian chenille, Perugian jacquard and recycled Alcantara. Heavy hardware, placed with intent.
The finale
Every look, one line. Choose a piece.
The designer
Troy Johnston
"Out of frustration I had of the current quality of the t-shirts in the market, I just decided to create my own."
About seventy prototypes, in Pakistan, India, China and Italy. None were right. So he brought the work home, where every step could be overseen.
"Fabric to me is everything. Usually design comes last for me. To me, less is always more."
The build
One garment, taken apart.
Shell. Italian chenille, 475 GSM. The pile catches light only where it faces it.
The layer. Zip-off panels that come away along full-length zippers.
Hardware. Polished zippers and the MILARRI plate, hung as charms and pulls.
The label. A plate over three bars: Sourced in Italy. Made in USA.
The first garment
The T-Garment
Where the house began in 2021: a tee built not to shrink, stretch or fade, tested through more than a hundred hot washes before it was released.
The T-Garment, $85
The archive
The runway, so far.
Los Angeles, October 2023. Fifty upcycled looks, made in thirty days.
New York Fashion Week, September 2024. Spring/Summer 2025 with F/ROW at the Altman Building. Opened by Kobe Paras.
Made to order
Cut for one.