Why We Built It.

It started with a very familiar problem.

You have somewhere to be. You know what you want to wear. Then it starts raining.

After living in Brussels, Paris and New York, designer Léa Stein had asked the same question often enough: why couldn’t a beautifully made coat take care of the weather, too?

Why We Built It.

Fashion, meet weather.

Léa founded APA in 2016. A Franco-Belgian designer with a background in high fashion, she brought clean silhouettes and careful construction together with fabrics developed for extreme sports.

The idea was simple: your trench, raincoat and travel layer could be the same coat.

Why We Built It.

From an idea to a coat.

Two years of development, a successful Kickstarter campaign and many considered details later, APA’s first collection arrived in 2019.

Our early supporters helped bring it to life. Recognition for design and innovation followed. The ambition stayed the same: make familiar clothes do more, without losing what made us want to wear them.

Why We Built It.

Made for the way you move.

APA is a Berlin-based fashion brand with a name drawn from the Sanskrit word for water. Our trench coats and parkas bring that idea into everyday life: tailored for the city, comfortable on the move and ready for changing weather.

100% made in Europe. Worn wherever you’re going next.

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Pencil sketches of APA coats in a notebook

Léa Stein speaking on stage at a hub.brussels event

APA trench coats and parkas on display in the APA store

 A LEGACY OF QUALITY

Made in Europe, with care.

Every APA coat is made entirely in Europe, bringing specialist performance fabrics together with careful garment construction. We work with skilled workshops to give as much attention to the seams, lining and fastenings as we do to the silhouette.

The result is a coat that feels considered, inside and out.

Fabric: Schoeller®, Switzerland. Lining: Climate-Shell, France. Seam tape: Noso®, Italy. Hardware: Germany. Final construction: partner ateliers, France and Poland.

sustainable manufacturing

Sustainability for us is two-fold: it means we avoid using chemicals and materials that are harmful to people and to the planet, but also that we uphold the highest working condition standards for those who help make our products.

Specifically, we work with family-owned local factories in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and Poland that meet the highest requirements of working conditions. We place critical emphasis on green technologies, responsible manufacturing, good working conditions and safe products for customers.

OEKO-TEX® approved fabric
Free from harmful chemicals
Hypoallergenic nickel free hardware

APA × Dzaino travel pouches hanging beside APA coats

Too good to leave behind.

Fabric left over from our coats becomes something useful of its own. Together with Berlin studio Dzaino, we turn it into travel pouches, handmade to keep everyday essentials close.

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