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Why We Should Stop “Supporting” Artisan Communities

As artisan made, eco-friendly, and sustainability became trending phrases in the conscious fashion sphere, it unbridled major discrepancies in the language used by the brands who want to be relevant and (falsely) market themselves as green. While we can recognise the $20 “organic cotton” shirt as false marketing, we have to ask ourselves how to […]

5 Common Misconceptions About Artisan-Made Products

With the growing popularity of sustainable and artisan-made fashion, fashion brands dedicated to the two are permeating the fashion market. For five years now, we’ve worked with a curative philosophy inspired by tradition, sourcing heritage motifs to continue the narrative of generational craft within artisan communities. Most of the time these are small family businesses […]

Why Craft Takes Time

Every piece of craft is an extension of its maker’s life work to master a skill encompassing their own unique signature. When we know the care that goes into a product that takes 120 days to make, passing through more than 10 steps and 20 people in its journey, we understand the love that has […]

Ikat: 4 Homes 1 Craft

Craft exists in all cultures in their own ways, and the purpose of craft is to tell a story. From technique to the final product, each step requires the skills our artisans have spent their lives learning, and it brings life into the craft as it passes through each hand. Embedded in the history of […]

Sustainability in Fashion: Why Artisanal Support is Important

As a purpose-driven business that exists within the fashion world, we believe it is our responsibility to stay informed about the movements happening around us – be it social, environmental, ethical or political – and to do our part in conversations that matter. This is why we are writing a series on Sustainability in Fashion […]

A Day In The Life: Khushiram Pandey

5:30am — Before the sun rises. I like the rhythm of starting my day slow and easy. Waking up before the sun comes up, I get ready for an hour before leaving the house to run some errands. 6:30am — Prayer and errands. I walk out to buy milk. On my way back, I visit two temples […]

Artisan Made: What Does That Really Mean?

One of my goals for my year-long journey around the world with my husband was to learn about ethical fashion from the maker’s perspective. Having lived in New York City for eight years covering the beat of sustainable fashion, everything I learned was from the perspective of the designers who invited me to their studios, […]

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An Inside Look: The Reason Behind Our Prices and Designs

We recently received an email from a customer who wrote in with some questions they had about our products, questions like: Why are your clothes priced the way they are? Why are there so many similarities to Indian clothing? The former, is one we’ve heard voiced a few times by customers who are new to our […]

Edition Launch: Threads&Hands; Introducing the Jamdani Edition

PRESS RELEASE – Nov 2015 MATTER is a socially motivated brand that values thoughtful design and provenance, offering affordable luxury travel wear to discerning modern nomads. The cause is to create conscious clothing – functional, timeless designs that champion sustainable artisanal production and business practices. Working closely with their artisanal partners in India, product integrity and […]

A Day In The Life – From 0700 to 0000

Ren: I was asked to write a post for Changmoh’s blog on a day in the life of, and I must say it was pretty interesting even for me to write it all down. So here goes: These days the days stretch really long – I’m about 5 months in from our official launch of […]