The Japanese color “kinari” roughly translates as ecru or beige, and is a beautiful natural hue achieved here by keeping and using all the little bits of cotton stems and leaves that are usually thrown away. Samurai created an original thread that retains all this natural goodness, and have left out any kind of dyeing or bleaching in order to preserve the look and feel of the original cotton itself. They then wove these natural threads on vintage looms, resulting in a gorgeous ‘kinari’ color and a texture that is at once heavy, uneven, yet eminently wearable. A texture not to be found anywhere else.