Making everyday clothing better

Commonware was born out of frustration. Our founders, Maya Chen and James Okafor, spent years working in the fashion industry and saw the same problem over and over: the clothing most people actually wear every day was either cheaply made and destined for a landfill, or prohibitively expensive.

They believed there was a better way. In 2019, working out of a small studio in Portland, Oregon, they launched the first Commonware collection: six essential pieces made from organic cotton, priced fairly, and designed to last. The response was immediate. Within a year, the team had grown from two to fifteen, and demand was outpacing supply.

Today, Commonware offers a full range of everyday clothing for women and men. We've stayed true to our founding principles: use the best materials we can, work with factories that treat their people well, keep our prices honest, and never make more than we need to.

We're a small team with big standards. Every decision we make — from the cotton we source to the thread count on our stitching — is made with intention. We test every product ourselves before it ever reaches you.

If something doesn't meet your expectations, we'll make it right. That's not a policy, it's a promise. We stand behind everything we sell because we believe the relationship between a brand and its customers should be built on trust.