Fibres.

Seven 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.

Five of the seven are in pieces you can buy today. Two are not yet — and we would rather say so than imply otherwise.

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.

In the Pale Sky Co-ord and the Sunrise Bird Shirt.

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.

In Hibiscus · Edition Two.

Corn

Corn fibre is plant-based, naturally hypoallergenic, and silk-like to the touch. Gentle enough for the most sensitive skin.

In the Little Maharaja Set and the Yellow Golden Blossom Frock.

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 what we reach for when a piece needs to fall, not stand.

In the Maroon Elegance Pattu.

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.

It is one of the rarest things we work with. Soft, breathable, almost weightless.

In the Azure Blue Kurta and the Kasavu Princess Set.

Pineapple

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

We have worked with it and we intend to use it. It is not in a piece yet, and we will not pretend otherwise. When it appears, it will be on something where its character matters.

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. Nothing carries it yet. You will see it first 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 catalogue tells you which fibre it is made from. Every season, we add one more. Slowly, one cloth at a time.