Oversized shirt with drop shoulder and front neck pleats. One size style.
Fabric
Pronouned ee-kat it means to tie or bind yarn. Our cotton yarn is stretched out and the design is carefully drawn across the yarn by our artisan partners in Telangana, India. Then the artisan binds the individual yarns (often with discarded inner tyre tubes) to follow the design. The yarn lengths are immersed into our Oeko Tek certified dye bath where the bound sections don’t absorb the dyes, and the process continues with new tying in a different section depending on how many colours the design has.
Once the dying phase is complete the dyed yarns are then carefully placed onto a handloom where the weaving stage begins.
The weaving co-operative we work with has 11 weaving couples + other women working on tyeing the warp to weaving, re filling the weft yarn and shuttles.
All weaving is done in the homes of the co-operative couples as such no electricity is available. Purely made by hand and human skill and energy.
Care
Gentle cold machine wash with like colours. Line Dry in shade where possible. Warm iron.
Features
- One size oversized style
- cotton
- French seams
- Coconut buttons down the front and on the cuff
- 2 large pleats at the collar
Measurements
- High shoulder point to hem - 69cm
- Bust - 92cm
- sleeve length from neck to sleeve hem (including cuff) - 81cm
- Back width - 73cm
