Matka Peace Silk Palazzo Pants | black
Easy wear palazzo with an elasticated waist band and low crotch. You'll find these pants styled with many of our products - they suit just about everything and are the ultimate in timeless style & comfort clothing.
- Wide cut leg
- Side seam pockets
- Full length
- Crafted exclsuively from peace, or non-violent, silk - no silk worm is harmed in the making of this silk
- Hand spun & woven by a women's weaving cluster in Assam, in beautifully soft & slightly slubbed matka mulberry silk
- All orders come lovingly packed in upcycled silk bags
- S
- Length 38”
- Waist 26 + 4” ease
- Front rise 18”
- Inseam 22”
- M
- Length 38.5”
- Waist 28 + 4” ease
- Front rise 18”
- Inseam 22”
- L
- Length 39”
- Waist 30 + 4” ease
- Front rise 18”
- Inseam 22”
+/- a tolerance inherent to hand made clothing
- S
- Fabric: 100% mulberry peace silk
- Handfeel: Soft, becoming like a second skin & slightly slubbed
- Care: Gentle hand wash separately in cold water. Do not soak. Gentle steam iron. Drip dry flat in the shade. For natural colours - these are living colours and change over time.
- Origin: Assam, India
Textile Story
Conventional silk is produced through boiling silk worms in their cocoons, killing some 6,000 worms to produce 1 kg (2 pounds) of silk. Peace silk, also known as non-violent silk, is a sustainable and ethical approach to silk production which does not involve harming or killing the silk worm. Though the silk worm is not killed during the production of the this natural dye eri silk, it is manually removed from the cocoon , dried and turned into a local culinary delicacy in the region where this fabric is woven in Assam. It constitutes a nutritious and important element of the local diet.
The production of eri silk is a cottage industry, which supports a wide and varied eco-system of women and men farmers, spinners, weavers and dyers. Our Peace Silk Collection brings together this diverse range of silks and artisans from India's northeastern rural villages. Cocoons are collected by silk farmers, then spun by hand, yarn-dyed using local, natural dyestuffs and hand woven - each step carried out by women. Our Ahimsa Collection includes domesticated matka mulberry and eri peace silk, wild tussar and balkal silks, as well as the waste silk generated by regular silk production, like raw silk.
Silk spun and woven in this way retains properties lost during conventional means of silk production. Peace silk is less lustrous than typical silk, but is incredibly soft and has a rich, slubbed texture and an incredible drape. It retains warmth in winter and breathes in the heat so is comfortable to wear year round. Any variations or irregularities are part of the design and inherent to the production process.
