Fibres.

Six plants. One cloth at a time.

Most kidswear is made from cotton or synthetic blends. We use plants most brands have never tried. Some are waste  pulp left over after juice or sugar is taken. Some are leaves that would otherwise be burnt. Each one is woven into a cloth that does what cotton cannot: cool when it is hot, soft against new skin, biodegradable when its life is over. This is what we make our clothes from.

Sugar cane

After the sugar is taken, the stalk is left behind. Most of it is burnt as agricultural waste. We buy the rest.

Pulped, spun, woven into a cloth as cool as cotton and as soft as silk. It is the fibre we use most often, and the one we love most.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus pulp, processed in a closed-loop system where almost all the solvent is recycled and used again. The thread that comes out is silk-like and biodegradable.

In our hands, it becomes the lighter pieces  the ones meant for warm afternoons.

Corn

Corn fibre is plant-based, naturally hypoallergenic, and silk-like to the touch. The same fibre Stella McCartney uses in her women's silks. Gentle enough for the most sensitive skin.

It is the fibre behind our Little Maharaja Set  and quietly, more pieces to come.

Pineapple

After the pineapple is harvested, the leaves are usually burnt or left to rot. They contain a long, fine fibre  the same fibre that has been used for centuries in the Philippines to make piña cloth.

Today, processed into modern Piñatex, it is durable, supple, and entirely plant-based. We use it sparingly, on pieces where its character matters.

Bamboo silk

Not bamboo as it grows, but bamboo as it is gently broken down and re-spun into a thread that drapes like silk. Naturally antibacterial. Soft against new skin.

It is the fibre in our Maroon Elegance Pattu, and is what we reach for when a piece needs to fall, not stand.

Orange fibre

Orange juice is pressed worldwide by the millions of litres. The pulp left over is mostly waste. A small handful of mills have learnt how to spin it into a thread.

The orange fibre in our Azure Blue Kurta and Kasavu Princess Set is one of the rarest things we work with. Soft, breathable, almost weightless.

Rose petal

Yes, really. Temple flowers, after offerings  usually composted or thrown into rivers. A small process, still being refined, can spin them into a thread.

We are early in our work with this fibre. You will see it soon, in something small.

How we choose

We do not use a fibre because it is rare or because it is fashionable. We use it because it does something cotton cannot  cools faster, falls softer, breathes more freely, lasts longer in the soil when its life is over.

Every piece in our catalog tells you which fibre it is made from. Every season, we add one more. Slowly, one cloth at a time.