Jackets

A Kashmiri jacket carries the quiet weight of a valley winter. Cut short to sit at the waist and worked in dense Kashmiri wool, each piece in this collection is finished by hand in workshops around Srinagar, where the rhythm of needle through cloth has not changed in generations. The embroidery you see across the bodice and cuffs is sozni, drawn slowly with a single fine needle. To understand what that thread is doing, read about the patience of sozni embroidery, or sit with our note on why handwork outlasts the machine. For those new to Kashmiri textile, a short history of pashmina and Kashmir offers useful context before you choose.