The Journal

Notes from a small workshop outside Kochi — what a fibre is doing, how a piece is finished, and why an edition ends.

The pale blue cloth of the Pale Sky Co-ord, hand-embroidered

The latest July 2026

The tag in the side seam

Every piece carries a small cotton tag sewn into its side seam. It is the least visible thing we make and the one that decides how many will ever exist.

27 Jul 2026

How to wash these, and keep them for a second child

Cold, gentle, shade. What each fibre wants, and how to put a piece away so it is still worth handing on in three years.

The scarlet Hibiscus frock in eucalyptus fibre, the hand-drawn ruffles falling loose

27 Jul 2026

The stalk they were going to burn

After the sugar is taken, what is left is called bagasse. Most of it is burnt in the mill yard. We buy the rest — and it becomes the fibre...

Sugar cane fibre cloth in close view, the ground for the Sunrise Bird Shirt

04 Apr 2026

How to read a label

Four things worth looking for when you turn a garment inside out, and what each of them tells you about how a piece will behave on a child.

Natural plant fibres used in Zouhi kidswear

01 Apr 2026

What the cloth is doing while they play

A dress that moves air, a shirt that stays cool, a seam that softens rather than wears out. What the fibres in a Zouhi piece are actually doing, and why...