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नील · natural indigo

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Kurtas Shirts Overshirts Trousers Scarves

Kora cotton Handloom khadi Bhagalpur tussar The indigo vat

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Autumn drop · eleven pieces · नील

Undyed, dipped nine times, cut simply.

Kora cotton, handloom khadi and Bhagalpur tussar, coloured in a live indigo vat and cut into eleven pieces. Nothing printed. Nothing rushed.

Shop the drop Feel the weight

The bolt

44 in loom width

The drape

180 gsm handloom

The weave

60 picks per inch

Up close

240 gsm indigo twill

Handloom not powerloom Natural indigo living vat Nine dips for the deep blue Cut in Muzaffarpur Bihar 1,900 pieces shipped 7 day exchange

The autumn drop

Eleven pieces.
One vat.

Undyed cotton · 140 gsm

The Kora Shirt

~~Rs 3,950~~Rs 3,450

3 left

Indigo twill · 240 gsm

Field Overshirt

Rs 5,900

On the loom, Nalanda

Four metres a day,
on a good day

Bhagalpur tussar · 90 gsm

Tussar Kurta

Rs 6,750

Handspun khadi · 180 gsm

Wide Trouser

Rs 4,200

Kora jersey

Everyday Tee

Rs 1,650

New

Indigo khadi · 180 gsm

The Wrap Dress

Rs 6,400

Why there are only eleven

One vat holds forty metres.
We cut what it gives us.

Restock in about three weeks

Handloom · 70 x 200 cm

Neel Scarf

Rs 1,950

Last one

Tussar shell · quilted khadi lining

Tussar Bomber

Rs 8,900

Detail

The selvedge
is left showing

Prices include GST · illustrativeEleven pieces · restock in three weeks

Drape test

You cannot
feel cloth through
a screen.

So here is the next best thing. Pick a weight and the hanging cloth on the right is re simulated with that fabric's mass, stiffness and damping. Heavy twill falls in three deep folds. Tussar keeps its body and springs. Push it with your cursor.

Falls in

7 folds

Moves

Freely

Wears

Apr to Oct

Simulated live · 1,292 points · 4 solver passes

push it

The vat

Indigo is not a colour
you apply.

It is a colour you grow. The vat is alive, it is fed, it goes off if it is ignored, and it gives a different blue in October than it gives in June. Cloth comes out of it green and turns blue in the air, in front of you, in about ninety seconds.

01 dip

Sky

Scarves, linings

03 dips

Mid

Shirts, tees

06 dips

Deep

Kurtas, dresses

09 dips

Neel

Overshirts, twill

Natural indigo bleeds for the first three washes. That is the dye, not a fault. Wash it cold, alone, inside out.

Fit

Handloom runs
a little generous.

Loom width is 44 inches, so our shirts are cut with a wider body than a mill made shirt. Measurements below are of the garment laid flat, not of the body.

Size	Chest	Length	Shoulder	Sleeve
XS	38	27.0	16.5	23.5
S	40	27.5	17.0	24.0
M	42	28.5	17.5	24.5
L	44	29.0	18.5	25.0
XL	46	30.0	19.5	25.5
XXL	48	30.5	20.0	26.0

All measurements in inches · garment flat · tolerance half an inch

Size finder

Height

Build

How you like it

Your size M Regular build, cut as intended. Chest 42 inches laid flat.

This week's cut

Field Overshirt,
nine dips

★★★★★ 4.9 · 63 reviews

Indigo twill at 240 gsm, rope dyed and cut with a dropped shoulder so it sits over a kurta. Selvedge left showing at the placket. It will fade at the elbows first, which is the point.

Rs 5,900~~Rs 7,200~~Drop price

or 3 payments of Rs 1,967 · no cost

Only 3 left in M

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7 day exchangesize or fit

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Worn by

Three washes in.

★★★★★

"It bled blue into the bucket the first time and I panicked. Fourth wash, it stopped, and now it is the only shirt I reach for."

Aditi R · Patna · Kora Shirt, M

★★★★★

"The khadi is heavier than I expected in a good way. It hangs instead of clinging. Sized up on the advice of the size finder and that was right."

Vikram S · Bengaluru · Wide Trouser, 34

★★★★★

"Wore the tussar kurta to a wedding and three people asked. Told them it was made an hour from my house, which was the best part."

Nikhat P · Muzaffarpur · Tussar Kurta, L

Journal

Notes from the
dye house.

Dyeing · 6 min readWhat we feed the vat, and why it sulks in winter

Weaving · 4 minWhy 44 inches decides the shape of every shirt

Cutting · 3 minEleven pieces from forty metres

Field Overshirt

Indigo twill · size M

~~Rs 7,200~~Rs 5,900

Undyed, dipped nine times, cut simply.

Eleven pieces.One vat.

You cannotfeel cloth througha screen.

Indigo is not a colouryou apply.

Handloom runsa little generous.

Field Overshirt,nine dips

Three washes in.

Notes from thedye house.

Eleven pieces.
One vat.

You cannot
feel cloth through
a screen.

Indigo is not a colour
you apply.

Handloom runs
a little generous.

Field Overshirt,
nine dips

Notes from the
dye house.