Aka Habutai Silk Itajime Square Scarf

Spirited Aka Habutai Silk Itajime Square Scarf for women, made from featherweight habutai silk, hand-dyed using the itajime technique into bold diagonal stripes of coral pink and ivory. It knots easily at the neck for a bandana-style finish or drapes loosely over the shoulders for a softer look, working equally well over a plain kurta or a solid-toned coat. As one of the handcrafted silk scarves shaped by hand-clamping and dip-dyeing, its pattern is entirely its own. A versatile addition to any edit of luxury accessories for women, suited to festive daytime outings as much as an evening layered look.

Textile Story

The Itajime Silk Collection has been hand-crafted in the workshop of two of India's foremost Master Craftsmen; Jabbar and Abdullah Khatri in Bhuj, Gujarat.

Shibori is a 1300 year old tie and dye technique developed in Japan involving the folding and clamping or otherwise securing of fabric prior to dyeing. Itajime is one technique of shibori which uses pieces of wood clamped together around sections of folded fabric to resist the dye in particular shapes.

Each three meter section of fabric is individually folded, clamped, tied and dyed; and this repeated several times to get layers of colours. It's a time consuming and exacting technique with bold geometric results.

Please note that every piece of fabric is clamped and dyed individually, so there are small variations in colour and pattern between pieces.