Elevate your holiday wardrobe with an embroidered shirt. It’s something you can wear for ever – and is far more elegant than a lairy tropical print
Ideally, this is a piece you buy straight from the maker (maybe while on your hols). Look for artisan labels like slow-fashion brand Kardo (see picture, above), which uses traditional techniques, including Shibori and Chikankari embroidery and collaborates with handloom-weaving communities throughout India. Similarly, Kartik Kumra’s Delhi-based label Kartik Research aims to put forgotten Indian crafts back on the fashion map.
The LVMH prize semi-finalist counts Lewis Hamilton and Kendrick Lamar as fans. Find his shirts at Selfridges and Mr Porter. B Corp certified label Farm Rio’s all-over embroidered beauty (5, below) from its unisex edit is a real talking point and also comes in matching trousers. Wax London’s embroidered shirts included a rose design, palm tree and a vintage-look blue daisy (3, below). And Steven Stokey Daley offers a selection of one-of-a-kind upcycled tablecloth shirts in his Orange Label collection via his website (ssdaley.com, from £375). Current styles include trailing greenery and florals.
If you’re so inclined, follow his lead and have a go with a pattern from emporia-fabric.co.uk (£18) and scour Etsy and eBay for vintage embroidered tablecloths to use as your fabric.
1. Beige, £175, youmustcreate.com
2. Blue, £255, Kartik Research mrporter.com
3. White and blue, £87.50, waxlondon.com
4. Floral, £42, Topman asos.com
5. Fish design, £250, farmrio.uk
6. Flowers, £49 johnlewis.com
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7. Pink petals, £145, chestudios.co.uk
8. Striped, £145, Universal Works, harveynicols.com
9. Floral, £254 (was, £509), Bode, mytheresa.com
10. Pink check, £200, kardo.co
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