TEXTILES AND YARNS

Matka Premium Organic Peace Silk

The silk fiber process from silk pub to Peace silk fabric is non violent, which means that the silk larvae are allowed to develop in the pub into a beautiful silk butterfly and break out of the pub before the silk thread is spun into silk. Unlike conventional silk production, the silk larvae are boiled in the pub to prevent the silk thread from breaking when the larva develops into a butterfly and breaks out of the pub.

Lubothé's silk is therefore more rustic as the silk filaments have been broken when the silk butterfly broke out of the pub.

Lubothé's Matka Peace Silk Fabric is a handwoven Indian silk fabric, it is made from mulberry silk (Bombyx Mori) and made by hand-spinning the fibers extracted from the broken pubs and is therefore characterized by its uneven rustic texture and irregularities. There is also less sheen than conventional silk, but it still has a very elegant, fine sheen and although the Matka fabric is thick, it is still very light and airy.

Peace silk is called Matka because the pubes of this silk from Bihar were originally put together in a mud pot, called Matka in the local language, which is how it got its name.

 

Organic and sustainable Khadi

The name khadi comes from the word “khaddar” (meaning hand-spun in Indian) and is one of India's ancient handmade textile traditions, dating back to 400 BC according to the Greek historian Herodotus.

By the late 17th century, Indian fabrics were so superior that they dominated European markets and were eventually banned by the French and British to reduce competition for their own machine-made fabrics

Historically, khadi played an important role in India's liberation from colonial rule. Gandhi made the spun spinning wheel a national symbol during the freedom struggle and encouraged the Indian people to embrace ancient craft traditions, of which Khadi was the most important.

Today, khadi is part of the solution to the major environmental crisis facing the world.

With the growing awareness of the environment, many have embraced Khadi textiles and many recognize the benefits of organic cotton. Lubothé combines the two and makes something even better - organic Khadi.

Khadi is one of the most sustainable textiles. Spinning khadi uses no machinery or energy and therefore has a low carbon footprint. One meter of khadi fabric uses only three liters of water, while one meter of factory-made fabric requires 55 liters of the precious resource.

Lubothé's Organic Khadi textiles are made only from natural materials without chemicals or harmful pesticides, making them completely safe for human skin and the environment and using only manual processes such as hand spinning and hand weaving.

Technically, Khadi can refer to any natural textile that is hand spun and hand woven, whether it is cotton, silk or wool.

 

Wool, the finest sustainable wool from Italy

 

 

Cashmere, sustainable cashmere from Italy 

 

Supreme Cotton from Portugal for our beautiful T-shirts

 

Vintage

Vintage textiles are not always organic but are handpicked, unique, and sustainable because they are recycled.