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How do you style handwoven pieces when you live a real life?
Styling handwoven pieces is mostly restraint: size for room, layer for the weather you actually have, and let one textured piece lead while the rest stays quiet. Here's how a few pieces cover a real Perth winter — starting, honestly, with the size.
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'One Size Fits All' Is a Lie (Sometimes)
Two jackets, two different relationships with your measurements — and neither is lying to you about it. The Gali is a genuine single cut. The Gwyn runs true to size across three bands. Here's how to check which is which before you order either.
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When the Fabric Is Gone — Why We Don't Reorder at RUPAHAUS
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The Kanekes weave on backstrap looms under inherited rules that decide what they use and when they can work at all. We source from them only part of the year — and that constraint is exactly why the cloth is what it is. The fuller story, through Sid.
Why does handwoven cloth have knots?
Run your hand over handwoven cloth and it catches — a small knot here, the tension shifting there. Those marks aren't faults to apologise for. They're the record of a person at a loom, and the exact thing a machine is built to erase.