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The prints

Seven paisleys

Seven paisleys, each drawn once and used everywhere: on a shirt dress, a shirt, a trouser leg and a scarf. Pick a print to see everything that carries it.

No. 01

Drop

A solid ochre paisley with an ink heart and a single ecru rule round its edge.

The first one we drew, and still the simplest: one teardrop, one hook, three colours. It is the print we put on the back of the One Drop dress, big enough to read from across a room.

All 9 pieces in Drop

No. 02

Ink

Line-work only: nested outlines, a pin fringe and a spiral at the centre.

Drawn like a pen sketch, with no fill at all. On ink-blue cloth the lines are ecru; on white cloth they turn ink-blue.

All 9 pieces in Ink

No. 03

Ember

An ink paisley ringed in pointed ochre flames.

The loudest of the seven. The flame fringe makes the outline flicker, so we keep it to one or a few per garment.

All 9 pieces in Ember

No. 04

Twin

Two paisleys tucked head to tail, one ink, one ochre.

Two drops that lean into each other. It works as one large motif, or as a pair repeated down a hem.

All 7 pieces in Twin

No. 05

Coil

An ochre paisley whose heart winds into a tight ink coil.

A paisley wound up like a spring. The coil gives it weight, so it sits well low on a hip or high on a back.

All 8 pieces in Coil

No. 06

Plume

An ecru paisley with a combed ochre fringe and a feather vein.

Half paisley, half feather. It is the lightest of the seven and is drawn to sit on ink-blue cloth.

All 7 pieces in Plume

No. 07

Seed

An ecru paisley filled with rings of ink and ochre seeds.

Made of dots and nothing else. From a distance it reads as a soft texture; up close you can count the seeds.

All 7 pieces in Seed