Marseille Dress - Polka Dot

Handmade in India for Mata Traders by Sadhna

"One of Sadhna’s two factories occupies an old 1.5 story school complex, a u-shaped building surrounding a courtyard, in the vibrant, historic, and picturesque “City of Lakes,” Udaipur, Rajasthan. The courtyard in the middle is perfect for cross breezes, drying fabrics, gathering as a group, embroidering garments in natural light, and looking up at the peacocks and monkeys that occasionally rattle along the roof. Sadhna’s other factory unit was established in the rural farming village of Delwara, to both expand their production capacity and to also serve as a base for their vast network of appliqué and embroidery artisan members who work from home or in neighborhood clusters. The neighborhood clusters allow for some flexibility in both schedule and location, as artisan members are able to bring work home with them. A major goal of Sadhna’s is to expand the force of artisans able to practice hand embroidery and appliqué for meaningful income.

From Mata Traders:

We officially recommend hand washing our woven cottons to keep the clothes in their best shape, since so many things are handprinted, indigo dyed, hand embroidered, etc.

Some customers may wish to machine wash their dresses – while we still officially recommend hand washing, we know anecdotally that washing with cold water on the delicate cycle with the gentlest of detergents seems to have good results. As does line or flat drying, followed by ironing or steaming (definitely no dryer!)

However, the more handmade details, the more we recommend handwashing.

Our organic jersey knits can be machine washed in cold water on a delicate cycle with gentle detergent.