Backstory T-Shirt
The Handwork
Backstory T-Shirt
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Handwoven
Handloom cloth is made by hand from end to end. Yarn is wound onto the warp beam of a pit loom, the khaddi, and woven one pick at a time: the weaver opens the shed with the treadles, throws the shuttle across and beats each row into place with the reed. The slubs and small shifts in tension stay in the cloth. That is the point.
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Hand-Embroidered Details
Kadhai is embroidery worked by hand. A design is traced onto the cloth as a khaka, the cloth is stretched taut on an adda or a hoop, and a karigar works it stitch by stitch in silk, cotton and metallic zari. The needle is guided by eye and by hand, so no two pieces carry quite the same line.
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Every piece has a story. This one wears it on the back a screen-printed artwork that tells the wearer's history in ink, while the front carries hand-woven fabric patches and an embroidered Rastah logo. The hero piece of the Yaadgar capsule, built for those who don't explain themselves, lets the garment speak.
Part of the Threads of Nostalgia capsule is a collection rooted in late-20th- and early-21st-century Pakistani memory. Cassette tapes, slow Sunday mornings, nani's almari, gol gappay walay ki cycle. This drop translates those moments into hand-finished streetwear, designed to live with you, not just be owned.
- Fabric
- Premium cotton jersey base
- Weight
- 180 GSM
- Fit
- Oversized relaxed
- Care
- Hand wash or gentle cold-cycle machine wash with mild detergent
Features
- Screen-printed signature artwork on the back
- Hand-woven fabric patchwork at the front
- Hand-embroidered Rastah logo
- Hand-finished hero piece, minor irregularities are part of the craft
Care guide
- Wash inside out to protect the patch and prints
- Do not bleach
- Lay flat or hang to dry in the shade
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The craft · Khaddi
کھڈیWoven pick by pick.
Cotton is warped onto a wooden khaddi and woven one throw of the shuttle at a time. The slubs and small shifts in the weave stay in the cloth. That's the point.
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