
KAAREM
Vietnam · Est. 2013 · Mid-range
Kaarem is a Vietnamese designer label for women and men, founded in 2013 by Kathy Minh Bach and Chuong Pham. Started by a group of Vietnamese-American friends, it is a design and production studio based between Ho Chi Minh City, New York and Santa Barbara. Pham oversees the in-house production team in Ho Chi Minh City, while Bach has worked from its design studio in Brooklyn. Its artisanal designs are inspired by craft, community and its Vietnamese roots. Styled KAAREM, the label makes architectural, handcrafted dresses, jumpsuits, tops, trousers, jackets and skirts, many of them unisex. Pieces include hand-knotted silk halter tops like the Connect, hand-knitted Kết silk tops and tunics, silk organza dresses and the wide-leg Dalber pants. Everything is made in its own studio in Ho Chi Minh City, where each piece is cut by hand and finished with a blind stitch. Kaarem sources silk from Vietnamese mills, uses deadstock fabrics when possible and hand-dyes some natural fabrics with local dyes. Its SAP vessels with Ladies & Gentlemen Studio were commissioned by Sight Unseen for a 2018 benefit exhibition, and it has a store in Santa Barbara.






















