A members' fund. The houses are the cause; the clothes are the dividend.
The member as supporter. Closer to NPR sustainer or Kickstarter regular than to a Soho House cardholder. Joining funds the houses we bring into residence; the drops members get are the dividend, not the pitch.
Open membership, soft-capped. Three donor tiers (Friend / Sustainer / Patron). Monthly dues. No application — but capacity grows slowly, deliberately. Anyone can join while there's room.
Dues fund houses. Members vote on what gets made. Annual report-style transparency: where every euro went, which houses shipped, how the makers were paid. The garment is the receipt, not the pitch.
Vocational register competitors can't fake. Lower price barrier than the private-club route — broader funnel, mission-driven brand. Trades exclusivity for legitimacy and reach. Best fit if Fobou wants to be unimpeachable about where the money goes.
Members fund the houses we bring into residence. Members vote on what gets made. Members get the drops first. The clothes are the dividend — what gets made is the point.
Every member can see where their dues went. Designers, makers, platform, logistics. We publish the breakdown each January — line by line, house by house.
Capsule fees, residency stipends, royalties. Paid before the drop, not after.
The factories, mills, finishers. Paid at fair-trade benchmarks; verified by [audit body TBD].
Studio operations, three-person team, software, the room.
DDP shipping. Returns, replacements, customs, the rest.
Read everything. Vote on what's next.
For regulars who want a bigger seat.
For those funding houses directly.
Last year's annual report, in summary. Each line is a house members brought into existence.
Vote thresholds turn into production runs. The houses you favour move forward. The ones that don't return to the drawing board.
The members fund what gets made. The makers get paid before the drop, not after. Everything else is a derivative of those two sentences.