We took the paisley off the wallpaper and made it big.

One shape, made big

The paisley is one of the oldest shapes in printed cloth: a teardrop with a curled tip, usually drawn small and repeated so closely that you stop seeing it. We wanted to see one on its own.

So KALUNEXO keeps it big and keeps it few. A shirt dress carries a single paisley on its back. A shirt carries one across the shoulders, or a few down one side. A trouser leg has five, climbing from the hem to the waist. When we do repeat it, the repeat is small and tidy, and we say so.

Seven prints, two or three colours

There are seven paisleys in the shop — Drop, Ink, Ember, Twin, Coil, Plume and Seed — each drawn for KALUNEXO. Each one uses only ink-blue, ochre and ecru, printed on white, ecru or ink-blue cloth. Nothing else.

The same drawing goes on a dress, a shirt, a pair of trousers, a 90 cm square and a pair of bandanas. That is the point: the scarf can match the dress, and two pieces in the same print can be worn together without looking like a uniform.

Placed, and measured

Every print has a fixed place on the piece. On each product page you will find a drawing of the front and the back, with the paisley at its real size and its height in centimetres, so you know exactly what you are buying before you buy it.

How the pieces are made

Our shirt dresses, shirts, trousers and scarves are made for us by a partner garment maker, to our patterns and our print placements. The cloth is plain and honest — cotton poplin, viscose crepe, cotton twill, cotton voile and polyester satin twill — and every product page lists the composition and weight.

Talk to us

Questions about a print, a size or an order: support@kalunexo.shop or +44 7857 765159. We answer emails within two working days.