Materials

Materials: African heritage, fused with the world.

Every collection begins with a heritage craft and is finished against a second tradition. These are the materials that carry it.

Cloth mechanics

Every cloth, measured.

Hover or focus a diagram to animate its loom proportion, braid rhythm and dye behaviour.

Loom proportion

Strip loom · 8:3, joined at the selvedge

Braid rhythm

Colour chord, four-strip repeat

Dye behaviour

Yarn dyed before the loom, colour holds

Kente — Each strip is a bar of music. Joined, they become a chord you can wear.

Loom proportion

No loom · lost-wax lattice, 3:3

Braid rhythm

Cast rhythm, widening

Dye behaviour

Patina deepens with wear

Brass & 18K gold — Wax burns away; metal takes its place. Time then finishes the surface for us.

Loom proportion

Selvedge shuttle loom · 5:5 twill

Braid rhythm

Right-hand twill, two-beat

Dye behaviour

Indigo sits on the surface and fades to the wearer

American denim — Indigo never fully penetrates. That refusal is why denim records a life.

Loom proportion

Hide grain · 2:7 directional stretch

Braid rhythm

Hand-stitch rhythm, saddle

Dye behaviour

Vegetable tan darkens under light

Vegetable-tanned leather — Tannin, sun and hand oil. The bag you carry writes its own finish.

Loom proportion

Circular knit · 9:9 engineered zones

Braid rhythm

Even gauge, zoned density

Dye behaviour

Solution-dyed yarn, moisture moves outward

Recycled technical knit — Density is programmed, not cut. Support and breath in a single pass.

Compare cloth

Two textiles, measured against each other.

Search the house archive, then set each cloth into a column to contrast loom proportion, braid rhythm and dye behaviour.

Column A — Kente

Loom proportion

Strip loom · 8:3, joined at the selvedge

Braid rhythm

Colour chord, four-strip repeat

Dye behaviour

Yarn dyed before the loom, colour holds

Kente — Each strip is a bar of music. Joined, they become a chord you can wear.
Loom
Strip loom · 8:3, joined at the selvedge
Braid
Colour chord, four-strip repeat
Dye
Yarn dyed before the loom, colour holds
Fused with
Cut with Italian tailoring and Milanese chain

Column B — Brass & 18K gold

Loom proportion

No loom · lost-wax lattice, 3:3

Braid rhythm

Cast rhythm, widening

Dye behaviour

Patina deepens with wear

Brass & 18K gold — Wax burns away; metal takes its place. Time then finishes the surface for us.
Loom
No loom · lost-wax lattice, 3:3
Braid
Cast rhythm, widening
Dye
Patina deepens with wear
Fused with
Finished in European fine-jewellery ateliers