This seasons featured garments
TEA SILK
Our collection is based on past cultures and folks featuring their stories and traditions.
In this collection tea silk, first used and made in the Ming Dynasty, is used to provide the wearer with a new unlike silk experience.
It was considered the most luxurious fabric since it has to be dyed 30 to 40 times with a tannin-rich yam, and laid out flat to dry in between each immersion. After this long process it is covered with iron rich river mud, which endows it with its characteristic dark sheen.
It is unique not only due to its long and complicated drying process but also because it encompasses timeless elegance and understated exclusivity.
LODEN WOOL
Water repellent, wind resistant, moderating effect
An Austrian tradition
Centuries ago Loden wool was widely used between peasantry in Tyrol, a province in Austria. The Loden coats and clothes only served two major purposes: to keep the people in the alpine climate warm and dry.
By some it is even considered the first performance fabric. It is produced by loosely woven yarn from the mountain sheep, by “walking” the fabric and using a wet finishing process consisting of heat, tension and soap. This process shrinks and thickens the fabric by 66%.
But in the early 19th century the image of the Loden as ”peasant wear” got drastically changed. It was Archduke Johann, brother of Emperor Franz II who fell in love with the Alps, their inhabitants and culture. He went as far to adopt their local dressing. The new style eventually caught on and even the emperor would wear hardly anything else but Loden.
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