The knitted shorts complete the matching set with the jacquard tee and function as a standalone piece across Archive I. The woven textile references — close-up studies of basketweave structures, interlocking grid patterns photographed in sharp detail — are the constructional logic here, even where the cloth reads as plain knit rather than patterned surface.

Wool at this weight — 200g — is warm but not heavy. The shorts read as a serious garment rather than a casual one. The construction matches the tee exactly: same gauge, same logic, the same hand-painted graphic universe translated into structure rather than motif.

This is a piece that asks to be worn as a complete outfit — shorts and tee together, the set made visible as an intentional unit, in the tradition of those African studio portraits where the combination of cloths was as deliberate as anything else in the frame.

Produced in an edition of 93 pieces.