T A L I S M A N //
An ode to the power of cloth as identity and inheritance.
Each garment is made with the quiet luxury of time and the mastery of skills honed over generations, handwoven and embellished by India’s artisan communities. Within these weaves lie memory and heritage, ritual and identity; where art and anthropology are woven together.
To wear Talisman is to step into a lineage - a connection not only with cloth, but with story.
DROP FOUR //
CREWEL WOOL COATS
The creation of heritage textiles has always been an act of continuity - a way for the past to thread itself into the present. In Vol.4 of our Crewel Collection, that idea takes form in stitches that carry both history and reinvention.
Our signature crewel embroidery is now reimagined on a homespun wool base, crafted into protective, heavy winter coats; garments steeped in story and soul. Rooted in the valleys of Kashmir, our embroidery draws from centuries of local craftsmanship around crewel embroidery, yet looks to the modernist boldness of Matisse’s cut-outs and Sonia Delaunay’s painterly abstractions to bring the craft into the 21st century.
As with all enduring traditions, its vitality lies in its evolution - in allowing each generation to interpret the language of the hand anew. Each piece holds that tension between heritage and transformation: ancient skill reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. What remains constant is the quiet power of the hand, the lineage of makers, and the enduring connection between cloth, place, and self.
DROP THREE //
HIMACHALI DESI WOOL
High in the Himalayan foothills, a group of women artisans are weaving and knitting not just yarn, but narratives of place, identity, and ancestral legacy.
Our partner, a women's self help group in Himachal Pradesh, are reviving indigenous techniques rooted in community, sustainability, and artistic freedom.
From sourcing wool from nomadic shepherds and desi (indigenous) breeds of sheep, to natural dyeing with local flora, and hand spinning and weaving that re-interprets age-old motifs.
In our Jyaamiti Kantha capsule, kantha reaches its zenith - pushed to the very limits of what the human hand can achieve.
Hand-stitched by our remarkable artisans in Bengal on pure tussar silk, each coat is six months in the making: an heirloom in progress, museum-worthy in quality and devotion.
Here, precision and intuition coexist: every line carefully measured, every stitch alive with the quiet rhythm of human hands.
Across our Talisman capsules runs a single thread: clothing as art, as memory.
Each piece holds the trace of its maker, the weight of time, and the beauty of skill honed over generations.
DROP TWO //
JYAAMITI KANTHA
Across Talisman, each garment carries its own resonance - a continuity of skill, of story, of touch.
In our Kantha Collection, that continuity becomes visible: centuries of inherited craft stitched into layers of repurposed cloth, giving fabric, and tradition, new life.
A textile language born in Bengal, Kantha transforms the humble and the familiar. Echoes of Japanese boro patchwork surface in its philosophy: repair as devotion, reuse as respect. Yet Kantha remains distinct in its warmth - a communal act among women, an act of transformation.
Each piece holds the trace of many hands in countless running stitches. A quiet collaboration that turns survival into beauty, and necessity into art.
DROP TWO //
KANTHA x BORO
Within Talisman, every garment carries meaning: as ritual, as memory, as inheritance. Our Itajime capsule speaks of clothing as art & culture.
Itajime is an ancient Japanese resist-dye textile tradition where fabric is folded, clamped between wooden blocks, and immersed in dye to create striking geometric patterns. At House of Wandering Silk, this technique is reimagined by Indian artisans on lustrous silks - textiles that heighten the drama of geometry with their fluid drape and luminous surface.
Each piece becomes a dialogue across geographies: Japanese precision and heritage meeting Indian artistry, structure dissolving into movement as the cloth moves with the body. The result is abstraction alive with color and light.
In The Itajime Collection, silk becomes canvas, and clothing becomes art.
DROP ONE //
ITAJIME COLLECTION
talisman
/ˈtalɪzmən/
noun
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an object that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good fortune.
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a piece of fabric imbued with intention - a textile that carries history, care, and quiet significance. In our work, it is not just cloth, but a woven presence that holds meaning, memory, and subtle power.
