Between Acts was founded in Los Angeles in 2026.

The name draws on the entr'acte, literally “between the acts.” As a theatrical term, it means an instrumental piece of music performed during the intermission.

To us, it names a break from performing, a moment when the whole person need not resolve into a single role. Contradictory ways of being may remain present at once. Unresolved yet briefly held in harmony. We hear that music in this moment.

Appearance is a performance of its own. Clothing is often the role made visible. Yet we make our design a form of collage that holds complexity, building an image from many points of view instead of a fixed perspective.

We make use of visual culture and historical customs as fragments within a larger composition, in a way that a garment may carry elements that do not ordinarily belong together. But through construction, they form a larger whole without losing their differences. The contradiction becomes part of the garment’s meaning. We hope to share that perspective through our designs.