Our story had ended in January 2018.

ENGLISH/

Today, we announce with shattered hearts that this winter will mark the final sansnom. collection. Our story ends in January 2018.

In 2013, fresh out of high school, we participated in a "young designer" contest where we displayed our first ever cut & sewn products. Extremely confident in our chances of winning, we spent the day dreaming of enjoying the first place prize. Eventually, we lost and ended up taking home third place. A few weeks later, Stéphane Sultana (SUMMER) & Stéphane Ashpool (PIGALLE) ordered our first collection, which allowed us to officially start our journey. Two seasons later, Takahiro Ito was handling our distribution in Japan, where sansnom. was favored in the country's best locations. This lead to our first business trip to Tokyo, our first interviews, our first window display... This storyline reflects just a tiny part of what we’ve lived these past few years.

Failure is a lesson in humility, which, when accepted, can transform into opportunity. A process that makes each success even more gratifying and stimulating.

Our biggest win has been you, your trust, and seeing you wear our products. If this is an end, a step back, we do so knowing that it will not end our hunger to start something. That hunger is for life.

There is no finish line. 
Love
YW & RS

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FRANCAIS/

C’est le coeur lourd que nous vous annonçons aujourd’hui que cet Hiver est la dernière collection de sansnom. L’histoire prendra fin en Janvier 2018.

En 2013, fraichement sortis du lycée, nous participons à un concours local de jeunes créateurs et présentons nos premiers produits confectionnés. Persuadé de gagner, nous nous imaginons déjà profiter du premier prix. Nous perdons et arrivons troisième. Quelques semaines après pourtant, Stéphane Sultana (SUMMER) et Stéphane Ashpool (PIGALLE) commandent notre première collection et nous permettent de démarrer l’histoire sansnom.
Deux collections plus tard, Takahiro Ito se charge de distribuer nos produits dans les meilleures boutiques du Japon. Ce qui mène à notre premier voyage à Tokyo, nos premières interviews, nos premières vitrines… une infime illustration des expériences vécues ces dernières années. 
Un échec est une leçon d’humilité qui se transforme en opportunité et rend chaque réussite toujours plus exaltante.

Et si cela est une fin, une prise de recul, elle ne stoppera pas notre envie de commencer quelque chose. Notre plus grande satisfaction étant votre confiance et de vous voir porter nos produits. 

There’s no finish line. 
Love
RS & YW

sansnom. Launches Special Pop-Up for Final Collection / HYPEBEAST

sansnom. debuted its Fall/Winter 2017 collection with the news that this will be the label’s final release. Dubbed “No Finish Line,” the brand commemorates its resolution with a 48-hour pop-up.

The Pop-Up took place in Lyon from the 17 to the 18 of November.

The monochrome collection consists of of wardrobe staples, indicative of sansnom.’s approach to understated technical gear suited for daily life. In line with the brand’s sense of quality, swiss yarn is utilized for the brand’s knitwear, while technical fabric for the pants and outerwear is sourced from Germany and Japan. Items include a variety of logo hoodies and sweaters, as well as items printed with “DON’T SLOW DOWN” and “ADRENALIN,” in line with the season’s theme, which relates to the message of positivity at the core of sansnom. Spring/Summer 2017.

The collection’s guiding principle centers around the concept that life is similar to a race, wherein one has to bounce back following defeat, but it’s also a continuous learning process. A runner’s water bottle, produced alongside Switzerland’s SIGG, keeps in line with this motif.

Please check all the pictures of the Pop-Up in the gallery just below : 

start(ed) - Jerry Rivas documentary

Against the stereotypes of super-athletes, we are paying a tribute to the people for whom sports played a significant role in their lives. Far from the spotlights, we are about to tell stories of humble yet incredible human beings.

Authentic stories showing that motivation is most of all something sentimental, almost spiritual. A drug with no side-effects that pushes you on to the good side of life. 

start(ed) is dedicated to the genuine athletes of this world who fight to change the meaning of their existence every day. People who have taken command of their own destinies. 

This is the story of Jerry Rivas from the Pico Union area of Los Angeles, California

start(ed) - building an imaginary creative bridge between Lyon and London

Find the HD photography here 

What made you start?

The private pleasure taken in the journey of starting something is as exciting as the things we are trying to create. 

Starting something is meeting people. 

People doing what you’re doing – starting – though, in their own lanes, in their own times.
Everyone emerges from a different comfort zone.

Some people will find what you’re starting to be uninteresting. They will tell you the fashion brand you founded is silly because there are already plenty of those. Good point. 
What they fail to grasp is the journey’s richly nourishing highs and lows, winding, curving roads, and steep, rugged cliffs that feed you only once you have set foot on them.

One thought that guides us is the unspoken form of mutual respect and appreciation found between individuals who have started something on their own. This portrait series is an ode to some of the people we have met along our journey, and the amazing things they are doing. An homage to what they have started. A procession of faces that you might already know, or maybe will know one day, which we hope will inspire your next start.

Alongside photographer Wendy Huynh, we imagined a creative bridge connecting Lyon with London. As Wendy’s home base and the city where several of our good friends live, London made the ideal backdrop for this multicultural exchange as we brought our experiences from our hometown, Lyon, across the English Channel. 

Now let’s meet the starters.

Leo Gibbon & Tomi Ahmed - creatives - started shaping fragrances with IIUVO - LONDON
@iiuvo

Thibaut Grevet - director / photographer started creating images - LYON
@thibautgrevet

Nabihah Iqbal (Throwing Shade) - artist / dj / producer - started creating music - LONDON
@nabihahiqbal

Manoo - dj / producer - started creating music - LYON

Stephane & Emmett aka The Colour Purple / Roof Access - Dj / Radio hosts - started playing vibes on Balamii Radio & Blonded radio - LONDON
@stephanepoux / @mcroofaccess

Olivier Abry - designer - started WO&WE - LYON
@woandwecollection

Joy Miessi - artist / painter - started painting beautiful things - LONDON
@joymiessi

Stephane Sultana - tastemaker / curator - started SUMMER - LYON

sansnom. in The New Order Magazine VOL.17

We are beyond happy and proud to get our latest editorial -adrenalin- for Fall Winter 17 published in The New Order Magazine.
Get a copy now. 
Photography by Thibaut Grevet 

Slam Jam Socialism introducing sansnom. 
Interview available on SlamJamSocialism.com
 

Pic from sansnom. FW16 editorial 'Motion', shot in New York by Thibaut Grevet

A long-lasting friendship turned into a business partnership, a fully-fledged idea of sportswear and a name that crosses any categorizations. These are some of the elements that make up sansnom.‘s identity, a new player in the sportswear game.

Just a couple of years ago, Yoann Wenger and Romain Sabatier kicked off their label with a cutting-edge mission in mind. Filling a gap they felt was evident within the French activewear industry and offering products able to mix the functionality and performance features of sports gear with the comfort of urban clothing. And to achieve this, no compromise is needed according to sansnom.’s founders and creative minds. Simple, timeless designs and performance constructions are paired with premium materials and ultimate French craftsmanship, for a range of products which provides the ideal city uniform.

The inspiration for the label’s collections reflects sansnom. dual purpose. It feeds on sports’ genuine values such as ambition, competition and hard work and on the daily needs Romain and Yoann experience as modern men living the urban space. The same attitude you find in their latest FW16 editorial, named ‘Motion’, a powerful series of blurry, black-and-white shots by photographer Thibaut Grevet. The overall idea for this editorial is portray a casual day at the court while showing the tension and speed of movement of the game.

We aligned with Yoann and Romain to get to know more about this up-and-coming label. From the reason behind its name to the main challenges of running a brand at such a young age, we shed a light on what makes sansnom. different from any other brand around.

What is sansnom.?

sansnom. is basically modern sportswear, which means clothing focusing on technicality, functionality and comfort at the same time. Designing basic and yet interesting clothes, suitable both for performance and the urban life.

When starting sansnom., did you feel like there was something missing in the sportswear industry or did you want to introduce a new approach to activewear?

We felt something was missing among the French brands available at the time. But most importantly, how we came to sportswear is something very organic because we started by printing t-shirts when we were sixteen. Back then, with sansnom. we were trying to find what we’d like to wear and to create something representative of sports values and sportswear. Like clothing more focused on city functionality but still being suitable for everyday life.

What has been inspiring your work the most?

Actually the inspiration for our brand came from our direct personal experience, from our daily needs. So daily life is the element which has been affecting our work the most. Of course, as we grew up, our inspirations have changed. It’s difficult to find something specific when it comes to inspiration, but I think that sports values have been a constant inspiration for the identity of the brand, which is not strictly related to clothing itself but it’s rather a global idea dealing with ambition and competition.

Shots to feel the tension and speed of sport.

What are the most important features of the sansnom. products? What makes them different from the products of the other brands around?

I give you an example. Let’s take the technical jacket, that was quite a big challenge for us because we managed to make it entirely in France. You have three-layer jackets from many other brands, which are made from amazing fabrics. But what we did it’s actually taking a more seasonal approach to make a very good jacket and made in a very small factory. So you have an amazing technical product which expresses a very specific French savoir-faire. It was a big challenge for us and we are very happy with the result and the design. Maybe that’s the best product we’ve been doing so far, together with the Repellant Pants we introduced with this season. The fabric is amazing, it’s from Japan, it has a cotton touch but it is entirely repellent. So it provides weather protection and still looks very elegant. We think these are the main features of the brand’s products, they are weatherproof and yet elegant, and totally made in France.

It seems like the brand owns a very well-defined identity, and yet you have a rather neutral name, meaning ‘nameless’. Why did you decide to go for it?

To be honest, when we launched sansnom. we were young and still in high school. At that time, we were just trying to find a good name for our brand, but we couldn’t find one. We came up with this name because we wanted one that could make people laugh at first, so we could introduce the brand in a happy way. Basically that was the idea, and then it became something stronger and I think this name gives us the ability to do whatever we want as we are not closed in one specific kind of concept and style. It’s like our brand is a blank page which gives us the chance to experiment.

You started sansnom. recently, what have been the main challenges of building and running your clothing label?

I think the biggest challenge with starting a brand nowadays is approaching your work in the most authentic way possible, it’s very hard to spread the right message. And when you start a brand at a young age, which is our case, it is complicated to follow both the part related to the product and looking after the business side of the company. Overall, starting a brand is quite a challenge, but also one of the best ones, it’s an amazing experience. You’re costantly learning every aspect of the business and building experience on your own, every single day.

"I wanted to show my vision of this sport by something abstract and blurry, where you can really feel the tension, the speed of it."

You’ve just come out with your latest FW editorial, named ‘Motion’. What’s the idea behind it?

Our latest editorial ‘Motion’ revolves around basketball essentially. But the idea behind it is showing the story of ordinary human beings that are sport-addicted or that consider sport as an integral part of their lives. We wanted to show how a casual Sunday at the park looks like, which is basically the typical kind of Sunday we spend, just chilling around playing basketball or football. And we wanted to portray this in a very artistic way. We were fascinated by the movement and by blurry, black-and-white pictures. We’ve been talking a lot about this with Thibaut Grevet, the photographer, and we were inspired by the work of Martin Munkasci, by the feeling of sport animation of his shots. What we wanted to convey is the feeling of movement that you have in sport through photographs.

Is there a specific reason why you chose New York as the landscape for your editorial?

We think New York has something very particular with basketball. It’s a very symbolic place for the orange ball and the truth is that things happened in a very organic way. Thibaut, who’s a great friend of ours, happened to be in New York and we had been talking about this kind of project for quite a long time. It was the best moment to do it, and we decided to do it last minute – which usually is the best thing – and thought the big apple was the best place to portray basketball.

It seems like there’s a great energy between you and Thibaut Grevet. How did you guys first connect?

We met in Lyon, and the amazing thing about this city is that good people tend to connect and work together in one way or another. With Thibaut, we started working together for a video shooting maybe three years ago now, and since then we’ve been working very closely and we’ve become fast friends. He is a very strong partner in sansnom.’s DNA as he’s been contributing to the brand’s identity with his shots and look books. We make a very strong team because we understand each other very well. I just boost some ideas with Thibaut and I know he’s going to be the right person to interpret them, it’s very easy to work together and it also happens very naturally.

What are some of your favorite sansnom. pieces?

Knitwear represents very well our works, it is made 100% in France like all the products we do, and it’s made in a factory that we really like. We always have a good feeling about the knitwear. Also the two pieces that we introduced this season, which are the Gym Tech Top and the Underlay Hooded Sweatshirt, these are the kind of products that we want to propose by now. They are constructed with a particular kind of layering and mix up nylon and Japanese fleece, which is amazing. I would say the Repellant Pant and the two cut-and-sewn sweatshirts.

(This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity)

l'Officiel Hommes Italia Interview

Check the translation of our latest interview with l'Officiel Hommes IT

Words by Cristiana Rivellino Santella

Portraits by Thibaut Grevet 

Photography by Wendy Huynh 

Acquaintances from back in the days of high school, it was just a few years later during a college economics class that Yoann and Romain would form a tight friendship. While casually chatting, “we decided to start printing t-shirts. It started out as nothing serious but it quickly turned into something real, something more ambitious. At the age of 22 and as time passes, the challenge becomes more and more exciting.” This is how Romain Sabatier, one of the two partners, describes their journey so far. 

“The first t-shirt we printed was done in Lyon and while it was completely different than our product today, for us, it was a symbolic milestone!” Adds Yoann. “We really wanted to underline sportswear because we are living in a period where people are very active; in the big cities we live in, our lives revolve around public transportation, bikes and buses; we are increasingly in need of comfortable clothing that is not only functional but beautiful as well. We realized that we didn’t need to compromise sportswear, that it could combine all of these features while being basic and interesting all at the same time. Take sneakers for example, they were born out of necessity and yet they have a ton of different uses. Same thing goes for sweatshirts, times are changing and sportswear is no longer considered leisurewear. We strive for wearability and creating clothing that is suitable for any situation, which is why it was a conscious decision to avoid loud graphics or patterns: simplicity is the basis of our philosophy.  

Their brand name not only revels irony but it also reflects the determination of Yoann and Romain. They were looking for something easy-going, something that would make you smile. And so, without any over thinking or precise motive, they decided upon sansnom, meaning “no-name”.   Both claim to be inspired by the idea of comfort, well-being, functionality and details. “We are both captivated with Japan and the brands that are coming out of there. What is most fascinating about Japanese design is the way they mix technical fabrics, the innovation surrounding traditional tailoring and above all, the way they lovingly curate details. Aside from Japan, we are also fans of European and American streetwear culture. 

A day in the life of Yoann and Romain begins early like many of their peers. Nothing out of the ordinary: work, friends, movies and sports divided by intervals of meetings, research and visiting clients. Perhaps this is what keeps them so grounded and in touch with reality. Two undoubtedly fortunate people who dream of one day seeing their flagships around the world, when asked what is their greatest satisfaction: “being able to work and travel with my best friend, the team we have created, and the passion we have for our work.” 

Behind the Scenes SS16 Technical Apparel lookbook PART 2

Pictures from our photographer Wendy Huynh of Vik i Myrdal, the small town where we set up the lookbook. 

Behind the Scenes SS16 Technical Apparel lookbook PART 1

Hi guys ! Romain and I (Yoann) decided to keep you a little bit more updated with our day-to-day life and get some news and exclusive behind the scenes of our recent shoot. Obviously these past weeks were full of shootings around the world and there are too many cool pictures not to share ! Ready ? Let's go!

Just arriving in Reykjavik Iceland, driving to our house in the middle of nowhere. Full moon was lightening the whole place and we were starting to discover the beautiful landscape of Iceland in the middle of the night. 

On the road we've been blessed by an aurora borealis. Iceland welcoming is amazing

First wake-up call in Iceland on the road to go check locations, incredible sunrise over the mountain.

Spending the entire road snapchatting and instagramming every road and landscape... 
On to the next one to check the location where we shoot the lookbook : VIK !