Silk stole "Azmar" Orange red

Silk collections Eri, the silk "of peace"

Natural wild silk called Eri, from Erinda the hindi name for ricin which feeds the moth. The cocoon is naturally spinned open-ended by the silkworm to ease the metamorphosis.

The silk can then be collected peacefully, without killing the chrysalis, which makes it used by numerous buddhist monks.

The highly qualitative handcraft production combines the works of tribal silkworm rearers, women yarn makers and handloom weavers in far north-eastern of India. The Eri silk finesse together with the handcraft weaving techniques enable various types of scarves from the finest to the thickest.

Weaver partnership at Kolkata, India

Since seven years, Karawan has been involved in a partnership with an organization supporting local development around Kolkata. This organization gathers about two hundred manual handlooms situated in the homes of the villages. From spinning to weaving, most of the craftpersons are women.
Their weaving skill is ancient, this is why every home owns a handloom which is fully integrated into the daily life.
We design our collection with Shubha, a young Indian woman who has been raised in the roots and the excellence of the Indian textile tradition. She masters every steps of the process. So, she can manage the quality of our creations, preserving the weaving tradition but also being able to make it evolve in order to adapt it to the Karawan design if needed.
We at Karawan are firmly focusing on co- and sustainable development, trying to resist to the massive textile industry and aiming at valorizing the high quality of hand weaving as well as the cultural value of the ways of life which are linked to these skills. In this respect, together with our partner, we search and select natural raw materials, good for mankind and the environment.
The 2017-2018 Chess collection from Karawan is the perfect outcome of this partnership: it combines linen, organic cotton and jute, designed creatively to match with the four seasons. The jute comes from West Bengal where this natural fiber is grown for all India and the world. This thread, which shows a natural gold colour, adds an authentic and creative touch to these scarves or sarongs. The mix of the three natural fibers enables an exceptional and very comfortable tissue “fall”.