Blue & Grey Baarish Itajime Silk Kaftan For Women

Blue & Grey Baarish Itajime Silk Kaftan for women, crafted from luxurious silk and hand-dyed using the traditional itajime clamp dye technique by master craftsmen in Bhuj, Gujarat for an artisanal layered finish. Designed in diamond pattern with a relaxed one-size silhouette, the fabric offers an exquisite fluid drape with a soft, elevated touch. Styled as an easy throw-on, it can be worn as a kaftan dress or layered over jeans for versatile styling. Finished with a V-neckline, cuff sleeves falling above the elbow, and side slits for ease of movement, each piece is individually clamped and dyed by hand, resulting in subtle variations in colour and pattern that make every kaftan unique.

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.