Astral Tan Silk Itajime Dune Robe

Luminuous Astral Tan Silk Itajime Dune Robe for women, is crafted from luxurious silk in a flowing, open-front silhouette that creates soft layers around the body. Its warm tan and earthy tones lend the robe a refined, celestial quality, while the relaxed one-size cut allows the fabric to move freely and naturally. Fashioned using the intricate Itajime clamp-dye technique to produce an organic geometric pattern with distinctive variation. Mother-of-pearl buttons at the front offer a graceful closure. As a silk kimono for women, it makes an expressive yet versatile layer for understated dressing. Individual dyeing ensures that subtle differences in pattern reflecting the human touch behind its creation and its place within sustainable fashion, UAE.

Note : Every piece of fabric is clamped and dyed individually, so there are small variations in colour and pattern between pieces

Story Behind the Design

The Itajime Silk Collection has been hand-crafted in the workshop of two of India's foremost Master Craftsmen; Jabbar and brother Abdullah Khatri from 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 3m 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.

In Bhuj, clamp dye techniques came into practice around 35 years ago. During that time, clamp dyeing techniques were used on traditional lungis (sarongs) to produce various designs. This was a short-lived trend, however and the technique went out of use after some 5 years. The Khatri brothers re-introduced the process in Bhuj and now create some of the finest itajime, clamp-dyed textiles in India.

Any variations or irregularities are part of the design and inherent to the production process.