Product Care

Many of our garments use delicate hand woven fabrics and natural dyes along with hand block printing - while this renders a timeless, vintage feel to the garment, a little bit of additional care can go a long way to preserving the garment.

Masks

The masks use mill made organic cotton and are dyed using floral and herbal extracts - these dyes have a lower wash/rubbing fastness when compared with synthetic dyes and hence it is recommended to handwash these garments in cold water with a mild detergent.   Also, the dyes have poorer light fastness than synthetic dyes and should be dried in shade.

Cotton Indigo Garments

Indigo dyed garments have rich shades and a nostalgia about them but the Indigo dye has poor wash/rubbing fastness and poor light fastness and must be cared for accordingly.    We pre-wash all Indigo garments - but we recommend that the user wash it again before use.   It must be washed separately and in cold water with a mild detergent and dried in shade.

Linen, Silk and Silk blended Indigo garments.

Silk and silk blended Indigo garments have better wash/rubbing fastness than cotton but must be dry cleaned because of fabric restrictions.

Other Mineral Dyes

Dyes other than Indigo have slightly better wash/rubbing performance and do not need intensive care as Indigo but must still be handwashed in cold water and with mild detergent.

Synthetic Dyes

These are the simplest to care for - we try to make them interesting with stitch details and hand embellishments - each garment must be cared for accordingly but mostly as per base fabric.