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the story

doce started in my room in kalibo.

it was 2020, and it didn’t start with just me.

everything was closed. a friend and i had time we never asked for, so we decided to make something out of it — shortening a shirt, rebuilding a collar, making one thing out of two. my sister was in it from the first piece. she modelled every single one, tried them on before anyone else ever saw them, and a lot of these shapes exist because she said make it shorter, or make it for girls my age.

when things opened up again, i was the one who couldn’t put the scissors down. so i kept going — thrifting, cutting, rebuilding. my friend backed every drop. my sister kept wearing them.

for about a year doce went out in kraft envelopes tied with yellow string, to girls i’d never met, in provinces i’d never been to. i wrote every name by hand.

then life got loud, and i had to stop.

i wasn’t gone. i was quiet. and i’ve been cutting again.

— the girl behind doce

the first shape, 2020

what a doce piece is

found. cut. rebuilt.

01

reworked, not resold

Every piece starts as a garment somebody already owned. It gets taken apart, re-panelled and sewn back into something else. The dotted line is the whole job: everything below it goes, everything above it becomes the piece.

On some, the original label is still there. We don’t hide where a piece came from.

fig. 01 — where a piece is cut
02

one of one

One piece, one size, one owner. Nothing is restocked and nothing is reproduced, because the fabric it was made from doesn’t exist twice.

Nobody else walks in wearing yours. That is the entire point, and it is the one thing a factory can never sell you.

fig. 02 — every piece ever made
03

made by one pair of hands

Sourced, cut, sewn, photographed, packed and posted from Kalibo, Aklan — by the same hands, every time.

It began with three of us in one bedroom, and every piece since has passed through the same pair of hands. Your name on the parcel is written by them too.

A sage green doce corset top with a pointed hem, worn with the black notched mini skirt
kalibo, aklan — 2020 to now

the archive

where we’ve been.

Every piece here found an owner between 2020 and 2021, shipped nationwide from Kalibo. None of them exist twice.Sorted by colour, cream through to black — the way the grid was always built.

Cropped white button-down shirt with a tie waist, reworked from a thrifted shirt, worn with high-waisted denim
White wrap-front cropped shirt with a tie waist, worn with a lilac skirt
Cream corset top with a square neckline and pointed hem, worn with the black notched mini skirt
Two-tone halter top colour-blocked in cream and tan, with a gathered square neckline, worn with tan trousers
Cropped butter yellow button-down shirt with a tie waist, worn with high-waisted denim
Cropped button-down shirt in yellow check, worn open over a matching top with denim
Sage green corset top with a square neckline and pointed hem, worn with the black notched mini skirt
Tan ribbed corset top with a halter neckline, worn with the black notched mini skirt
Cropped camel button-down shirt with a camp collar, worn over black with the notched mini skirt
Oversized salmon shirt worn open as reworked presko outerwear, over black with the notched mini skirt
Cropped red button-down shirt worn open, with black tailored shorts
Burgundy checked two-piece set — a cropped shirt with a matching mini skirt
Two-tone halter top colour-blocked in pink and tan, with a gathered square neckline, worn with tan trousers
Navy wrap mini skirt with an asymmetric front closure
Black corset top with a square neckline and pointed hem, worn with the black notched mini skirt

shipped nationwide, 2020–2021.

the shapes

the things we keep making.

The fabric changes every time. The shape is how you know it’s ours.

The cropped button-down, in yellow check, worn open over a matching top
01

the cropped button-down

A thrifted shirt cut to a boxy crop. Collar, cuffs and pocket left exactly where they were.

The corset, in cream, with a square neckline and pointed hem
02

the corset

Panelled into a pointed hem, built from a shirt that used to be something else entirely. In linen, in corduroy, in denim — never twice the same.

The halter, colour-blocked in cream and tan, with a gathered square neckline
03

the halter

A gathered square neckline, colour-blocked from two garments that never met before. Always two halves of two different stories.

The open shirt, in salmon, worn loose over a black top
04

the open shirt

Kept long and worn loose over everything. She called it reworked presko outerwear, and the name stuck.

The notched mini skirt in black, worn with a tan corset top
05

the notched skirt

The house staple, under almost everything else here. Cut short, with the notch at the hem that gives it away as ours.

The set, in burgundy check — a cropped shirt with a matching mini skirt
06

the set

Two pieces cut from one garment, so the shirt and the skirt match exactly and always will. There was only ever enough fabric for one.

the parcel

your name, written by hand.

Kraft envelope. Twine, tied. A card with the piece inside, and your name written on it by the person who made it. Usually something small we didn’t tell you about.

That part hasn’t changed, and it isn’t going to.

“thank you sm @doce.clo i really love this and yung freebie huhu ang ganda talagaa”

@ephemeral_ph · April 2021 — doce replied: “thank you so much! glad u loved them”
A doce parcel in kraft paper tied with yellow twine, with a DOCE card and a thank-you note addressed by hand to Angel Clarisse
@ephemeral_ph · April 2021

what’s coming

the same hands. a different shape.

Smaller runs. Better fabric. Shapes that took four years of thinking about instead of one lockdown. Still thrifted, still rebuilt by hand, still exactly one of each.

We’re not showing them yet. The list sees them first.

early access

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Pieces are one of one, so the drop will go quickly. The list sees everything a full day before it’s posted publicly, and the first hundred get first pick.

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on you

the corset gals.

Her name for the girls who bought a piece and then posted it, between April and September 2021. Their photographs, and where they wrote something, their words exactly as they wrote them.

A customer in a white doce corset top with wide-leg denim, taken in a mirror

“my wardrobe is just basically @doce.clo now”

@_lexicolaJuly 2021· the corset, in white

doce replied: “we appreciate u always flexin' ur doce pieces”

A customer wearing the doce linen corset top at an open-air cafe

“Finally worn the top hehe took me awhile pa kay you know pandemic but loveee it!”

ms elnaSeptember 2021· the linen corset
A customer in the white doce corduroy corset top with light-wash jeans

ms kush wears our corduroy corset top— doce

@killakushlaSeptember 2021· the corduroy corset
A customer in the brown doce linen corset top with white trousers, holding a poodle

our fav ms lex styles doce's linen corset top— doce

@_lexicolaJune 2021· the linen corset, in brown
A customer in a tan doce corset top and white jeans, reading on a sofa

@_lexicola

the corset, in tan · July 2021

A customer in a doce reworked halter top on a city street

@_lexicola

the reworked halter · June 2021

A customer in a white doce corset top with a lace-up back and denim

@shotsbyjessica

the lace-back corset · July 2021

A customer in the white doce corduroy corset top outdoors under palm trees

@killakushla

the corduroy corset · July 2021

A customer in doce reworked presko outerwear over a brown top and white trousers

@nixvillaruel

reworked presko outerwear · May 2021

A customer in a cream doce bow-front top with wide trousers

@yomdeongi

the bow-front top · April 2021

how it works

everything you’ll ask.

How do I order?

When a drop goes live, claim the piece you want by commenting mine, steal or grab — the same way it has always worked. Once your claim is acknowledged you'll get an invoice by DM, and the piece is held for you for two days. Some pieces go up for bidding instead; when they do, the rules are posted with the piece.

Why is there only one of each piece?

Every piece is thrifted, taken apart and rebuilt by hand, so there is exactly one of each, in exactly one size. Nothing is restocked and nothing is reproduced. When it's gone, it's gone.

How do I know it will fit?

Every piece is listed with flat-lay measurements — bust, waist, length — because one-of-one means the size is fixed. Measure something you already own and compare before you claim. Ask us anything before you commit; we would rather answer ten questions than have a piece not fit.

Where do you ship?

Nationwide across the Philippines via J&T Express. For Aklanons, delivery is available through Buy Fast, and meetups can be arranged by DM — not on Sundays.

How much is shipping?

Shipping is charged at J&T Express' current rates based on parcel weight and destination, and it's quoted on your invoice before you pay anything.

How can I pay?

GCash, BPI, and Palawan Express. Cash on delivery is available through Buy Fast for Aklanons only, and cash on meetup if you can make the scheduled date.

Can I return or exchange a piece?

No returns or exchanges, because each piece is one of one and there is no second copy to swap it for. That's why every listing carries full measurements and honest notes on the condition of the original garment. Please ask before you claim.

Are the clothes second-hand?

The materials are. Each piece starts as an existing garment — usually thrifted — which is then cut, re-panelled and sewn into something new. We don't hide where a piece came from; on some, the original label is still there. Everything is washed and finished before it's sent.

Where is doce based?

Kalibo, Aklan, in the Philippines. It has been made by one pair of hands since 2020.

When is the relaunch drop?

The date is being finalised. Everyone on the early list is told first, before anything is posted publicly.