Retrace uses digital technology and metadata to harvest narrative information as a sustainable source of value. Using photographs gathered on a mobile phone as a source of bespoke visual data, valued moments are transformed into a different kind of travel jacket which acts as an aide memoire or souvenir. By mapping the dominant colours from a year of images and converting them into cloth, the project asks if personalised narrative value might enable emotional durability by weaving experiences into surfaces. Retrace designs in meaning before making, linking digital and physical design processes and material and immaterial values to form a garment intended to cherish and keep.