72 Smalldive

Gentlemen! Time to upgrade your worn-out belt in your closet!

This week, we are moving into the final stretch of our leather belt archive: our last 40 sartorial pieces in textured, buffed top grain, and rich suedes—all cut to an ultra-versatile 30mm width.

From a decade in retail, we know almost every man has a tired, worn-out leather belt hanging in his closet, waiting for an upgrade that actually adds a spark to his wardrobe. Consider this your sign to finally replace it.

Once these final 40 are claimed, our warehouse chapter closes for good. Hurry!

Our remaining braided belts on our last shelf.

Woven with leather or viscose cords, these belts lend a relaxed, breezy dimension. At a versatile 30mm width, these are the ultimate unisex accessory for a classic finish with linen trousers (for him), and for cinching and knotting over caftans and shirtdresses (for her).

Wearing one is the absolute fastest way to look like you've just stepped onto a yacht, sipping Pigato in the Ligurian sea. We know it is not quite the same thing, but at our ongoing 40% clearance discount, we can confidently promise that our belts are significantly cheaper—and infinitely more elegant and trustworthy—than any "affordable" Riviera Airbnb you'll ever find. 😀

For this reason, we are not planning to slash prices any further, as they were made by our dutiful artisans, not by the subcontractors of famous luxury fashion houses, notoriously exposed for subjecting workers to a €4-per-hour wage.

If you're ready to embrace the very Riviera, very guilt-free style, our remaining braided belts are waiting for you.

As we end our retail operations, our FB profile will transition into a gallery of our heritage and memories. We will be sharing the images and stories of our beloved collections. This profile shall be an archive of joy, pride, and gratitude where we look back in celebration of our years in operation, as Singapore's pioneer slow fashion label. While we'd love to have you join us on our other profiles (Elevate360, Two Frappes Books), we also hope you'll remain here with us. And to all our customers... we cannot thank you enough for the years of support and trust! Thank you, thank you, and thank you again!

Hello all! When it comes to cleaning, the final miles are always the most arduous. We are still pushing through to move 72 Smalldive's remaining leather products into the homes of people who may appreciate what 72 Smalldive represents: preserving the fast-fading heritage of artisanal craft and centring on the ethics of making and selling products.

Despite recent crackdowns on luxury brands' 🤐 ethical breaches in their supply chains (where workers were reportedly paid only €4 a day!), the allure of luxury brands continues to distract us from the price of ethics. And Everlane's acquisition by Shein signals a dire future for many "millennials-do-good" brands, like 72 Smalldive, that aspire to decenter the fashion industry's inequitable modus operandi.

If you have never shopped at 72 Smalldive, our remaining pieces may well be a starting point for exploring what it means to shop equitably: every item was sourced directly from leather tanneries and artisans I know intimately.

And we sincerely hope your owning them might inspire you to continue or improve what 72 Smalldive and other millennial brands set out to do! Or, at the very least, memorialise our fighting spirit for refusing to allow any of our collaborators and staff to live on €4 a day! 😃

If you are inspired, I invite you to help clear our last shelves! All items 40% off!

Hello followers! In this week's update series, we want to share more about Two Frappes Books, a writing project launched by our founder. An imprint for his published books, Two Frappes Book, began with his awakening while training our staff at 72 Smalldive. It was an experience that rewired his perspective on the purpose of the workplace and the duty of companies and leaders to train and nurture employees' agency. Committed to this vision, our founder articulated his philosophies in writing: Staying HIREd - a guide on building positive work culture, and Of Flat Earth and Protein Mania - essays focused on enhancing metacognition. Our founder hoped to initiate a publishing project that shares books on modern wisdom for fostering self-agency and a cooperative work culture accessible at the price of 2 frappes!🥤🥤