Artisan Crafted: The Luxury of Human Time

The Tailor's Touch

Once the silk has been woven, it passes to our tailors.

One artisan can complete around three robes in a day, or a handful of shirts and pants.

Three robes in a day is not much by factory standards.

We are fine with that.

A Tara Sartoria garment is made one piece at a time by one skilled artisan instead of moving quickly through a production line.

Turn it inside out and you can see some of that work.

The raw fabric edges are enclosed inside French seams rather than simply left exposed or overlocked.

The Fabric of Patience

A single silk robe begins with around five to six meters of mulberry silk.

Our weavers, working on heritage looms, produce around nine meters in a day.

Why Artisan Matters

“Artisan made” is one of those phrases that has been used so often it can mean almost anything.

For us, it is literal: one person made your garment.

The silk was woven in Vietnam's historic silk villages, then cut and sewn by a skilled tailor. The garment is finished with details intended to hold up over years of wear.

You will even find a handwritten note from the artisan who made it inside your order.

That is what we mean when we say artisan made.