Loro Piana's Lotus Flower Fabric

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed)
Nov 13th 2010 at 9:01AM

Italian luxury label Loro Piana is known for their world class cashmere, especially the incredibly soft and hard-to-come-by baby cashmere, but soon they'll be adding a new type of luxury textile to the lineup: Loro Piano Lotus Flower fabric. Exactly what it sounds like, the fabric is made from fibers that are pulled by hand out of lotus flower stems before being carefully spun into threads and then handwoven on looms into a fabric that resembles a cross between silk and linen. It takes 32,000 lotus stems to make just 1.09 yards of fabric, which has historically been used to make robes for high-ranking Buddhist monks.

Loro Piana has secured a trademark and plans to offer a small line of Loro Piana Lotus Flower items this Christmas. Consisting of scarves and approximately 20 jackets prices for the line have yet to be finalized (as does availability in the U.S.) but the jackets are expected to go for about $5,600 each.

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contact Dec 7th 2010 1:39AM

Sorry Mr Loro Piana but the natural lotus flower fabric is produced in Cambodia since one year by Samatoa.
Samatoa propose in their shop in Siem Reap (Cambodia) ''tailor made lotus clothing'' for a price range between 500 and 1500 usd. The project has been held by an international textile expert group and Samatoa producer's. The final clothing respect high international quality standard and guarantee to be natural lotus fabric from the stems of the lotus flower. The manufacturing process is totally handmade and the producer's can be visited.
Samatoa works under fair trade commitments since 2003 respecting social and environmental values.
Samatoa has also developed a range of natural dyes which match with the luxurious lotus fabrics.
Does it needed to develop a project in Myanmar where most of the funds would go back to the totalitarian government ?
Lotus fabric is the fabric of the future and Cambodia provides thousands hectares of the best quality of lotus stems.
Should you want to order your tailor made lotus clothing, just email your measurements to Samatoa (contact@samatoa.com). Should they have fabric in stock, you will received your tailor made clothe in one week.