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Organic Silk Kimono- The Leaf
€195.00
Available sizes:
One Size
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Short description
The Leaf is an elegant navy and white Kimono style jacket in 100% Natural Eri Peace silk. An elaborate body of navy blue leaf and stem with a bold navy blue border highlighting the design throughout the front and back. These kimonos have a fluid silhouette and can be used as an overdress or coat, over a simple top and bottom or even a dress. They hang loose with drop shoulders and wide sleeves. The side slits making it an extremely comfortable wear. Slow fashion at its best these are suitable as formals, and easily converts your day look to an evening wear.
Short kimono with front open
Drop shoulder with oversized sleeves.
Wide cut body with a relaxed silhouette
Slide slits
The hem inside the neckline and front is in a classical black border.
Made in India
Source: Urban Medley
Details
Our Organic, NAVY and WHITE silk kimono is made of Eri silk which is strong, dense and highly durable wild silk. The silk from this natural fibre is readily biodegradable after serving its full lifecycle and has low environmental impact. Besides being 100% hypoallergic and antibacterial, due to its thermal properties, eri silk is cool in summer and warm in winter.
The name ‘Eri’ is derived from the word ‘era’, which means ‘castor’, since the Eri silkworms feed on castor leaves Our artisans at Aeshaane, believe in slow silk farming, where the fibre gets extracted from empty cocoons only after the metamorphosis of the moth is complete and they leave their habitat, thereby completing the chain of circular farming. That is why Eri silk is also known as peace or vegan silk.
Our Eri silk silk cloth is a completely handmade artisan product, crafted by Kaushik, a third generation of rearers, who hails from the tribal ‘Borah’ community, nurturing his small dreams in a remote village called ‘Phalpur’ in Assam. Twenty women from a self-help group gather around post noon, to do the ‘Chunai’, or sorting of these empty cocoons. The methods used by the locals are environment friendly and sustainable. The indigenous women in the Assamese household invest their time in making these timeless pieces. Each piece has taken at least a week to produce, excluding the harvesting and printing by our artists. Each piece is ethical, produced in a small batch and truly a fabric with a soul!
Product Care- With a little love and care, your NAVY and WHITE organic silk kimono will last you for years. We celebrate re-use, swapping and encourage you to repair whenever possible.
Dry cleaning is the safest option
Gentle steam iron on the reverse side or with a cloth over it
Do not wrap in plastic, as silk needs to breathe
Each purchase comes in a recycled bag for storage.
What Makes Your Purchase Sustainable ?
Support ethical employment of women artisans and small artisan clusters.
100% handmade manufacturing process by artisans.
Use only 100% natural + biodegradable responsibly sourced materials.
Small batch production ensures higher quality & less wastage.
Size guide
One size relaxed fit, fits XS – XL comfortably
Length centre front 82cm
Cross body chest 112 cm
The Model is 5’7’’
Weight- 120 grams
Dyes: Azo-free non toxic dyes
About the brand
Urban Medley supports traditional weaving and printing forms. Their designers help the artisans to balance tradition with contemporary designs, and help them to commercialize using their age- old methods and production processes. The beautiful scarves and accessories from Urban Medley are made by small communities of weavers and printers from India. The weavers mainly work from home, whereby they determine their own working hours. The printers work in a small workshop with pleasant working conditions. Urban Medley uses organic, black cotton, 'peace' silk and organic leather for their products. The brand does not want to be bound by age, gender, race, color or even size, therefore accessories have been chosen as the main focus point. The accessories help you shape your own style. The ‘take care’ bags too are environmentally friendly: fabric bags made by women working from home in a village of Tamilnadu. These women can therefore support their family without having to step out. The brand helps you to be a proud and conscious fashionista.
About the store
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Shipping rate: £3.43 in the UK
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Address: No physical store
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