Dhakā

Dhaka is the cloth most Nepalis can picture instantly: the crisp woven diamonds and bands of the dhaka topi, worn at weddings and festivals across the country. Its geometry is precise, joyful and entirely hand-set on the loom.

Here that geometry leaves the cap and meets a tailor's table. Panels are woven to the exact dimensions of each pattern piece, so the motif is cut with the garment rather than printed over it — a lapel, a cuff, a full back panel each carrying a complete, unbroken figure.

Dhakā is the bridge collection: the most traditional cloth in the monograph, given the most modern cut.