Eri Silk Palazzos

Easy wear palazzo with an elasticated waist band and low crotch. They suit just about everything and are the ultimate in comfort clothing. This style in a very special "balkal silk".

• Wide cut leg
• Side seam pockets
• Made exclusively from peace, or non-violent, silk - no silk worm is harmed in the making of this silk

Crafted from one of our most luxurious fabrics; a hand spun and hand woven blend of balkal silk & cotton. Balkal silk is made from the stem of the wild tussar silk cocoon, made by the silk worm to connect the cocoon to the tree. Tussar comes from a species of wild silk worm. The cloth is a flecked natural beige with a soft, slightly woolly texture and beautiful drape.

Textile Story

Conventional silk is produced through boiling silk worms in their cocoons, killing some 6,000 worms to produce 1 kg (2 pounds) of silk. Peace silk, also known as non-violent silk, is a sustainable and ethical approach to silk production which does not involve harming or killing the silk worm. A cottage industry, the production of peace silk supports a wide and varied eco-system of women and men farmers, spinners, weavers and dyers.

Our Peace Silk Collection brings together a diverse range of silks and artisans from India's northeastern rural villages. Once the moths have hatched the cocoon, the cocoons are collected by women silk farmers, then spun, yarn-dyed and woven. This collection includes domesticated mulberry and eri silk, wild tussar and balkal silks, as well as the waste silk generated by regular silk production, like raw silk.

Silk spun and woven in this way retains properties lost during conventional means of silk production. Peace silk is less lustrous than typical silk, but is incredibly soft and has a rich, slubbed texture and an incredible drape. It retains warmth in winter and breathes in the heat so is comfortable to wear year round. Any variations or irregularities are part of the design and inherent to the production process.

Size Measurements

SMALL - S

• Length 38”
• Waist 26-34"
• Front rise 18”
• Inseam 22”

MEDIUM - M

• Length 38.5”
• Waist 28 -36”
• Front rise 18” 
• Inseam 22”

+/- a tolerance inherent to hand made clothing.