Why we cut in small runs — and always will
House Notes · July 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Every style we release is cut in limited runs in New York, typically under a hundred units. It is the least efficient way to make clothing and the only way we have found to keep quality honest.
Small runs mean the person sewing the tenth dress is the same person who sewed the first, and the fit notes from the first still matter. When something is off — a shoulder sitting a millimetre high, a hem falling wrong on a taller frame — we can correct it inside the run rather than in next season's sample.
It also means we do not overproduce. There are no warehouses of unsold inventory behind Di Rani and no end-of-season liquidation cycle. When a piece sells out, it is genuinely gone unless we choose to cut it again.
The trade-off is patience. Restocks take weeks, not days, and some pieces never return. We think that is a fair exchange for garments that were made by people who had time to care.
