Matter Prints Material To Know: Linen

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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 […]

Material To Know: Banana Fibre

Rooted in the love for textiles and craft, our mission to #ChangeBeyondTextiles has driven us to champion for sustainable materials. Made from the fruit tree itself, banana fibre has been used since the early 13th century. When our search for more sustainable fabrics led us to this strong yet flexible natural fibre, we knew wanted […]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

An open letter to our community with an update on the #MATTERxMIAKODA range: MATTER began with an instinct to bring the beauty of fabric stories to life in a way that was accessible, relatable, and desirable. Stepping into a universe of heritage printing and weaving looms, we quickly fell in love with traditional textiles. The […]

3 Things You Didn’t Know About Indigo

Aligned with our commitment to sustainable production practices, our garments are created with natural materials and azo free dyes; giving thought to the environment, dyer, and wearer. Early on this year, we added to our natural dye range with a selection of tops, and the bigger hope is to continue bringing more styles to this. […]

The Beauty Of Offcuts

The purpose behind MATTER was never to be a fashion brand, and so we never subscribed to its trends and seasonality of launches. Our focus was on textiles and craft and so we work our model around artisan production, building a business that takes into account this inherent slowness, with season-less styles and seasonal fabrics. The […]

Heritage In Design: A Continuing Narrative

The Journey To Slow Fashion

The Importance Of Good Design

Slow Craft and Fast Cars

How We Choose Our Partners

Artisanship has many associations, with the most generic definition being ‘skill in a particular craft.’ We choose to define artisanship as ‘skill in a craft acquired through generational transfer’, meaning we work mostly with artisans who were taught their skill by their forefathers and grew up around this knowledge. Most of the time these have […]

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Our Hybrid Process

We’re all about provenance. In our design process from print to pant we search for stories to put into our clothing, and take an interpretive approach to the gems that history offers up. We design our pant styles from fittings on real women, and our business model to suit artisan production seasons. All our fabric […]