IKAT FULL LENGTH GEORGES of Dubai

DESCRIPTION

Trans seasonal Kaftan that you can wear all year-round. A luxury outfit to put over any outfit be it jeans with t-shirt or long dresses. Perfect to wear when it is slightly chilly. 

The cotton mix is very light and breathable compared to full silk weave, as they are cotton silk.

All hand made, on old traditional looms.

Sourced from weavers Afghanistan.

Fabric: Cotton Silk Mix

Care: DRY CLEAN ONLY by a professional. (Not to be submerged in water.)

Dimensions: Approx. Length 130/140cm / Width 60cm

DID YOU KNOW: 

Ikat is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles that employs resist dyeing on the yarns prior to dyeing and weaving the fabric. There are approximately 32 steps in the production of ikat fabric from processing the silk from cocoons, drawing the patterns, dying the threads and weaving it on the loom. Silk textiles were produced in warp-faced plain weave (shoyi) and in satin weave using four needles. Adras fabrics, bahhmal velvets and satin atlas weaves were decorated with patterns known as abr, meaning cloud in Persian.

Handmade in Afghanistan