what if being independent doesn't mean being alone?

for years, independence has been described as standing apart. following your own path. doing things your own way.

but somewhere along our own journey, we realised something different.

no matter where we went, we kept meeting people who thought differently, lived differently and moved differently. people with completely different stories, yet somehow the same mindset.

that's where Independent Studios began. right in our backyard, with just an idea :)

Not as another sportswear brand. But as a own world.
independent sports club — on the map together

it started in a backyard. not with a business plan, but with ideas that slowly grew into a world of their own.

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every journey starts somewhere.

ours began in a small village in the south of the Netherlands.

at first, Independent Studios wasn't meant to become a cycling brand. it started as a casual clothing label, a place to create freely and bring ideas to life.

then cycling found its way back.

having spent years racing as a junior cyclist, i knew how special the sport could be. but I also felt it deserved more creativity. more colour. more individuality. less conformity.

instead of leaving one world behind to build another, we brought them together.

today, that combination still defines everything we create.

more than products

as Independent Studios grew, the clothing became only one part of the story.

a collection can begin with almost anything: a place, a conversation, an old photograph or an idea that stays in our minds longer than expected. from there, it slowly becomes a world of its own shaped through design, photography, movement and the people involved along the way.

that is why we have never wanted to create products simply to fill a collection.

everything we make should carry a feeling. it should remind you of somewhere you have been, introduce you to someone new or become part of a story that is still unfolding.

the clothing is where the idea becomes tangible.

but the real value lies in everything it creates around it: the rides, the images, the conversations, the unexpected meetings and the memories that remain long after the collection is gone.

Independent Studios may make clothing, but ultimately, we are building a world people can recognise themselves in.