unique scarf

Woven by hand, traditional West African kente cloth becomes a dazzling scarf. Madam Adwoa continues with her mother's craft with this extraordinary design. Each strip of kente cloth requires considerable effort, and the looms are worked with both hands and feet. Each color has its own meanings in Asante culture. Green is fertility and new harvest, gold is royalty, black is strength, aging and spirituality, and white is purity. The patterns themselves are carefully chosen symbols, which a master weaver develops and names. Due to its colors, this design is named Emma Da, meaning "unique" in the Akan language.

By Vinita in Thailand, this exquisite scarf evokes a flowing river in rich tones of purple, green, blue and pink. The motifs are created by hand using the tie-dye technique, which makes every scarf a unique work of textile art.

By Vinita in Thailand, this exquisite open-weave scarf combines rich tones of blue, purple and black. The motifs are created by hand using the tie-dye technique, which makes every scarf a unique work of art. The artisan uses luxurious bark silk, with its characteristic slightly rough textures.

Purple turns into violet in a delicious palette of colors orchestrated by Vinita for this wide shawl. She works with traditional dyeing techniques to create a shawl of bold elegance that is loomed of raw silk.

Parallel zigzags over purple and red create a marvelous effect in a shawl by Ritu Agnihotri. The silk wrap is woven on a traditional loom using the ikat technique which requires previously dyed threads to achieve the unique effect.

This hand-woven shawl may present slight differences in color and/ or pattern.