When 'ai' met you
This sleeveless tire gathered inner slip/dress is cut and sewn in plain and striped fabrics with open round neckline Dress length - 46’ Handmade in India. Handwoven fabric 100 % Cotton. Relaxed fit with gathered details. Pockets on both...
The colorful checkered shirt and pants are hand weaved in natural dye indigo and azo-free pink and green shades. The shirt has a round neck with a front placket opening with fine side gatherings. can be worn as the reverse. The...
This is an indigo-dyed checkered collar shirt paired with the pants are of handwoven fabric The shirt has texture details at the center placket and shoulder panel its free size and the pants are a relaxed fit with a gathered elastic...
The top has Mixed and matched stripes, plain and floral jamdani butta fabrics with kimono sleeves with side panel gatherings and a closed neck with tiny gathered ruffle details, and a front placket opening f paired with naturally dyed Indigo...
The is naturally dyed deep indigo handwoven fabric, This sleeveless dress has a V neck opening with selvage detailings on it. it's with a small yoke and pleated hem. Dress length - 45’ Handmade in India. Handwoven Indigo dyed...
This sleeveless dress is in naturally dyed handwoven stripe and jamdani indigo It has a gather with mandarin collar neck and center placket opening, fastened by cloth buttons. Dress length - 46’ Handmade in India. Natural dyed Indigo 100 % Cotton....
This dress is handwoven, mixed, and matched panels with checks, stripes, and floral jamdani butta fabrics, It has a round neck opening with intricate gathers on cuff and selvedge detailing and center back slit, Paired with madras fine full gathered...
This dress is a cut and sewn pattern of two different indigo fabrics. It has a round neck with a slit opening detailed and full sleeves. its tire dress with gathers. Dress length - 52’ Handmade in India. 100 %...
This colorful madras indigo check with heavy gathered dress has a V neck opening with gathered bell sleeves. Dress length - 40’ handwoven fabric Handmade in India. 100 % Cotton. Relaxed fit with gathered details. Pockets on both sides. Check...
1 - This dress has a round neck opening with smocked gathers on the cuff, bodice, and selvedge detailings. It is handwoven muslin, mixed and matched panels in colors, checks, stripes, and delicate floral jamdani butta fabrics. 2 - The Seer dress...
This white jamdani floral butta dress has a round neck opening with intricate smocked gather detailing on the yoke. It is a big selvedge handwoven floral fabric, paired with white plain muslin slip with a square neck with selvedge hem detailings. ...
This is an over-shrug dress with a plain gathered naturally dyed indigo cotton linen slip, with faggoting details at the hem round. It has a V neck front placket opening gathered panels and textured cuff selvedge detailings. Dress/Kurta length - 45”...
Sharing the story when we met ourselves, the artisans met the art. It speaks about the essence of love, the existence of one's true self and this is when Karnam met ‘Ai’. Hence, this collection emerges from the hustling and glowing fields of indigo, where the term 'ai', derived from the Japanese word 'aizome', means indigo, it’s not just a color, it narrates the story of its heritage and the story of textile.
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Fabric in When ‘ai’ met you deliver the skills of artisans rooting from the villages of the West Bengal. The collection is a combination of the motifs of flowers, stripes, checks which are handspun fine yarn acquiring into a beautiful form of muslin fabric naturally dyed in gradients of Indigo, pinks, and greens, which has been converted into the heritage handwoven Indian textile craft.