Fashion design / Patternmaking / Material research

Max Michael Miller

I make garments to test how ideas become physical—and how physical things can change the way we understand reality.

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The six Below the Surface models standing together at the end of the runway — Below the Surface / Six-look collectionRunway / 2026

Selected work / 2025—2026

Resolved garments and focused studies.

Full studio portrait of look six from Below the Surface: a sculptural charcoal vest and dark engineered trousers — 01 / Below the Surface2026

When distraction disappears, construction becomes a record of instinct.

The complete Soft Armor linen shirt and Canadian-smocked denim trousers arranged as a flat lay — 02 / Soft Armor2025

Protection does not have to announce itself through rigidity.

The complete Tension System 01 jacket and jeans arranged as a flat lay with oversized white frog closures — 03 / Tension System 012025

A fastening becomes a repeatable pattern language across two garments.

Full-length portrait of a model wearing the finished Vortex Denim trousers in an industrial space — 04 / Vortex Denim2025

A straight grain can be made to move without losing control.

A rust-colored hand-knit hat centered on a textured concrete surface — 05 / Knitting2025

A small technical decision can reorganize the whole object.

Practice

Clothing is an idea made answerable to the body.

Max Michael Miller’s practice moves from attentive research through pattern development, material testing, fitting, and final construction. Each garment is treated as both an object and a way of thinking.

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