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Rainfall alone grows this cotton. In the saline drylands at the edge of the Rann of Kutch, Kala Cotton survives on the monsoon. No irrigation, no chemical inputs - an heirloom fibre farmed this way for generations. A short staple that industrial mills reject and only human hands can work. Handwoven twills and stripes, cut and sewn in Guelph: towels, pillows, table linens, and goods for the bread drawer.

The Rann Collection · Kutch Kala Cotton

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Series 02: Gujarat's Kala Cotton

Series 02: Gujarat's Kala Cotton

India's oldest cultivated cotton grows on rainfall alone, in a salt desert at the country's western edge — and no machine can spin it. The story of...

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Biodiverse materials. Circular design.