A.P.C

Raw means the denim has not been washed, distressed or softened before it is sold. It arrives stiff and dark, sized on the assumption that it will relax as it moulds to the body, and it fades along the lines where you actually bend: hips, knees, and the back pocket where a wallet sits. Most wearers hold off the first wash for several months so those creases set, then wash cold and inside out.

Restraint is the design position rather than an oversight. Logos are kept small or moved inside the garment, which puts the weight on cut, cloth and colour to identify the piece. In practice that makes the wardrobe unusually easy to combine, because nothing shouts across anything else, and it means a jacket and a pair of trousers bought years apart still read as a set. Recognition comes from shape and fabric instead.

Yes. Every piece DIHSAN sells is the brand's own — genuine designer product, with the maker's hardware, stamping and markings intact. Nothing is a reproduction or a licensed imitation.

No. Duties are included on every DIHSAN order, and US orders include taxes as well.

Yes. Eligible A.P.C. pieces can go back within 14 days of the ship date, for store credit rather than cash, and shipping charges are non-refundable. Items discounted 70% or more — plus swimwear, intimates, and limited-release styles at any discount — are final sale.