Imagine a plateau with 10,000 windmills furiously turning with the wind. Athough this feels like an imagined landscape this place existed on the island of Crete. Werner Herzog visited at 16, walking inland and happening upon this vast manifestation of energy. He was sure he had descended into madness, such was the intensity of the sight below him in the valley. Infinite windmills spinning furiously in unison. He returned in the 60s to make a Signs of Life, the story of a grown man who loses his mind looking upon the plateau.

But it's not Herzog's exploration of madness that is referred to in this design. It is what the windmill represents as a conduit for harnessing unseen forces. It is difficult for industrialised people like us to imagine slowing down enough to build windmills. These are windmills that stand like stationary sailing boats, their sails sewn in sturdy canvas by the women of the village. Each windmill has 8 sails of it's own.

This image is sourced from an instruction manual. A simple how to guide for the construction of these beautiful windmills that helped the farmers of Lasithi irrigate their crops. Spinning like a wheel of fortune (see the tarot for a change in luck), they are the needles of the wind, used to thread one element with another. In most cases the elements at play are air and water.

Miles wears a small. Consider sizing one up if you prefer a baggy fit. These are a lighter weave cotton for summer