Drop Cloth Silk Kaftan | ruby
Our classic kaftan & best selling style: wear it from beach to bar. The ultimate in luxury lounging!
- Wide-cut body with relaxed silhouette
- V-neckline with bias trim
- Midi length with side slits
- Crafted in 60g silk crepe, which has been dyed and patterned by hand - each piece is one of a kind
- All orders come lovingly packed in recycled silk bags
- One size: fits S-L comfortably
- Length center front 50”
- Chest 50” round
- Hip 56” round
- ‘Sleeve’ length 14.5"
+/- a tolerance inherent to hand made clothing
- One size: fits S-L comfortably
- Fabric: 100% silk
- Handfeel: Soft & light with a fluid drape
- Care: Gentle hand wash in cold water. Do not soak. Drip dry in shade.
- Origin: West Bengal, India
Textile Story
The slowest of our slow-made clothing: it takes our textile partner, Aparupa, four weeks to make just 12 meters of this cloth. Each fabric is completely unique and crafted by hand.
Aparupa is based in Kolkata and works on contemporary interpretations of traditional block print and fabric painting. In the course of her work, splatters and flecks from the print master’s blocks and brush strokes work their way down into the protective layers of cloth that pad and absorb pigment seepage on the printing table - what is known in the industry as drop cloth.
These layers of fabric acquire a completely accidental and unusual expression of colour that are painterly; avant-garde even. But the coarse cotton canvas used as standard for drop cloth is stiff and hard, so Aparupa experimented with swapping out the second layer of drop cloth with a soft silk crepe and the result is this exceptional, rare and precious cloth. Any variations or irregularities are part of the design and inherent to the production process.
