Colour with soul.
Handcrafted textiles and slow-fashion treasures from artisan communities in Rajasthan, India, landed in Aotearoa homes.
Handmade is not a trend for us.
It's a belief.
Handmade isn't a trend for us. It's the whole point.
We've never quite understood the appeal of beige. Give us clashing prints, hand-block colour that doesn't ask permission, a jacket that makes someone do a double-take on the way into the theatre. We'd rather be a little different than blend into a room.
We design here in Aotearoa and bring that to life by hand in India — real cotton, not plastic dressed up as fabric. Buy one piece with intention, not five you'll toss by summer.
Everything we bring home is made by hand, in small batches, by artisans in Rajasthan we know by name — slower, a little wonky in the best way, built to actually last.
You mean to mend things. Life gets in the way. Watch our socials for meet ups — come mend, alter, or make something creative with us, right here in Christchurch. We'd rather gather people around a needle and thread than just sell you something new.
Follow the journey to Rajasthan on Instagram — the colour, the hands, the joy behind every piece.
PS. Those beautiful stacks? Vintage kantha blankets, hand-picked to become our jackets. And in front, the carved wood block where every blockprint begins.
Two girls, one art corner, a lifetime of colour
Life is too short for clothes without a soul.
We've always believed that what you wear should mean something. Not a label, not a trend, not something pulled from a rail of a thousand identical things made to be forgotten. We wanted colour that was honest. Fabric that had been touched by real hands. Clothes that carried a story worth wearing. We looked for that everywhere — in London, Istanbul, Singapore, Spain — and found mostly polyester and landfill waiting to happen. So we went looking properly. All the way to Rajasthan, India.
ColourStory is what we found there — and what we brought home. Small batches. Slow making. Real craft. Hand-block-printed cotton, made by artisan communities in Jaipur whose skills have passed through generations of careful hands. Brought to Aotearoa for women who have earned the right to stop playing it safe — and who know, deep down, that the world doesn't need another disposable dress.
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