Woman wearing an Olive & Yarn handloom cotton dress in a Madurai courtyard

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Handloom clothing, made slowly in Madurai

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Since 2014

Cotton woven on pit looms, linen washed until it falls softly, silk from Chinnalapatti. Twenty pieces to a batch โ€” never more.

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Our story

Eleven weaving families, one small atelier

We buy our yarn in the round, dye in small vats and weave within thirty kilometres of our store on Chithirai Street. Every garment carries the slight irregularity that only a hand loom leaves behind.

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Handloom weaver at work on a traditional loom

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Visit us on Chithirai Street

The store is also the atelier. Come for a fitting, stay for the looms.

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Stacks of folded handloom fabric in the Olive & Yarn atelier