We started as a counter with four looms on hire purchase. The counter moved, the looms stayed, and everything else in this shop grew out of trying to keep them running.
Cloth is bought by the lot, not by the piece. A forty-metre roll becomes lungis, then dresses, then cushion covers, and the last two metres become pouches. When the roll is finished, that colour is finished — which is why the clearance rail is honest rather than a marketing page.
Nothing is stocked because it photographs well. If a weave cannot be repaired, re-dyed or worn for five years, it does not come through the door.
Ragama, Chilaw, Kandy, Polgahawela and five smaller ones. All paid at the start of a batch.
The size of a dye lot. It is the largest run that can be matched by eye without machinery.
Everything cut in this building, sizes S to XXL, and made to measure at the counter.
Cotton wraps, paper tape, reused boxes. Send the wrap back and it comes off your next order.
