I never set out to start a baby clothing brand. I didn’t dream of designing onesies or sketching out mitten patterns in the quiet hours of the night. But life has a way of rerouting us especially when the journey starts in grief and ends in purpose.
Vincent Faith wasn’t born out of a business plan. It was born out of heartbreak, healing, and the hope that no other mother would feel as unseen, unprepared, or powerless as I once did.
This is the story behind every piece. Not the technical specs or the materials though those matter, too. This is about the why. The feelings stitched into every seam. The weight behind every snap. The meaning in the smallest details.
Because for me, clothing was never just about clothes.
The Moment Everything Changed
When my daughters were born prematurely, I was plunged into a world I hadn’t prepared for. Instead of soft blankets and cozy newborn cuddles, there were wires. Monitors. NICU alarms. And a silence where cries should have been.
It was disorienting. I remember standing in the hospital gift shop, trying to find something, anything that would make me feel like a mom. I just wanted to dress my babies. To pick something beautiful and say, “This is yours.”
But the clothes weren’t made for them. Even the preemie sizes drowned their tiny frames. The onesies didn’t accommodate feeding tubes or CPAPs. And the mittens slipped off so easily that nurses resorted to taping them on.
That moment should have brought comfort. Instead, it brought grief.
Grief for the experience I didn’t get to have. Grief for the normal I had envisioned. Grief for feeling like a visitor in my child’s care instead of their mother.
Design Became My Way Back
In the days and weeks that followed, I began to pay attention. Not just to what I was feeling but to what was missing.
There was a gap in the market. A very real, practical gap in babywear that met the needs of medically fragile or premature babies. But more than that, there was an emotional void.
So I started sketching.
At first, it was just for me. It was something to do with my hands while my mind tried to process the weight of it all. But the more I drew, the more I realized I wasn’t designing clothes I was designing care. Designing connection. Designing a way for other parents to reclaim their role, even in the hardest moments.
It was no longer about fixing the fit. It was about repairing something deeper.
Love Lives in the Details
Every piece in the Vincent Faith collection carries a piece of that journey.
The crossbody openings? They were created so that a mother could dress her child without fear of disturbing a line or tube.
The micro-preemie mittens? They came from watching my daughter pull out her feeding tube again and again and knowing the toll each reinsertion took on her tiny body.
The organic cotton? It’s there because I wanted the softest, safest thing I could offer. Because when you feel helpless, choosing gentle becomes a form of love.
And the names on our milestone onesies like “NICU Grad” or “Mommy’s Little Miracle”? Those aren’t marketing moments. They’re truth. They’re reminders. They’re what I needed to read on the hardest days.
Healing Through Creation
Grief has a strange way of showing up when you least expect it. Some days, even now, I’ll pack an order and feel a lump in my throat. I’ll fold a onesie and remember how small my girls were. How hard those first weeks felt. How far we’ve come.
But here’s the thing about grief: when you let it move through you, it makes space.
Space for love. For meaning. For hope.
Designing these clothes became my way of healing. It was how I turned pain into purpose. It was how I began to believe that beauty could still exist inside of broken beginnings.
And every time a mom messages me to say that dressing her NICU baby gave her back a piece of her motherhood, I know it was all worth it.
For the Parents Still in It
If you’re in the NICU right now, or navigating those delicate first months at home, I want you to know something:
You are not alone.
Your story matters.
And you are doing better than you think.
You don’t have to wait for a perfect moment to celebrate your baby. The fact that they’re here is reason enough.
Whether it’s their first onesie or their first birthday outfit, I hope you choose something that feels like love not performance. That wraps them in softness and wraps you in confidence.
Because that’s what these clothes are for.
Not just to dress babies but to honor them.
The Thread That Holds It All Together
Vincent Faith is stitched together by more than fabric. It’s held by stories. By emotion. By the unspoken strength of parents who show up, day after day, through fear and fatigue and unimaginable love.
Every piece is designed with that in mind.
So when you hold one of our onesies in your hands, know this: you’re holding the result of tears, triumph, and intention. You’re holding a story of loss rewritten into something beautiful.
You’re holding grief, love, and hope woven together, one stitch at a time.
