A classic shirt silhouette w/ a hidden placket featuring : reclaimed geometric patches in ecru, ochre, and smoke accented with kantha hand-embroidery.
Patchwork expresses rustic elegance & a transformational possibility that a fractured present can turn into something that can function again.
The unique texture of this shirt sensorially connects the wearer to the makers that transform raw material into the fabric and the land it comes from.
- 100% non GMO hierloom cotton
- Handspun yarn is made using heritage textile technology - the single spindle Gandhi charkha.
- Mustard yellow color is achieved w/ pomegranate skin.
- Remnant pieces of fabric left over from the garment production process are re-centered and celebrated instead of being discarded.
- Traditional Kantha features patches of worn textile mended together w/ running stitches to extend the life of the fabric.
Kantha hand stitching is part of the same functional embroidery genre that can be found throughout many cultures in familiar forms of boro, sashiko, and darning.
-Shashwat is 5ft 8inches / 172 cm and the shirt pictured here is: 28 inches / 71.1 cm
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