Initial House is a governance-led creative fashion house and platform for independent designers. We exist to provide the infrastructure — the platform, the show, the press access, the industry relationships — that emerging voices need to be seen. Without extracting their authorship to do it.
Every designer who participates in an Initial House collection retains full creative credit and receives 67.5% commission on all sales. We operate as curators and creative directors, not owners of the work we present.
Five independent designers interpret a single brief: what does it mean to create in the absence of certainty? The collection unfolds across two cities, arriving at 83 Rivington, New York for its showcase.
Twenty designers. Twenty looks. Five life stages — each interpreted through dual lenses of faith and absence. Initial House's debut major show launches July 2027. Applications for the open call open soon.