100% Plants
Almost all garments produced today are colored with petrochemical dyes,
releasing toxic waste into our precious ecosystems everyday.
We believe Nature holds the solution to some of our most pressing environmental issues.
Through our continuous natural innovations, all our clothes are colored with plants.
What is natural dyeing?
Natural dyeing with plants is one of the most sustainable dyeing methods out there. Less than 200 years ago, the whole world was wearing clothes that were botanically dyed.
Think about it for a second: that means that during our great grandparents' time, literally each color came from plants that grew in their surroundings.
A time-honored craft that was lost, for the sake of industrialization and fast fashion.
We believe a different way is possible.
What we wear shouldn't come
at the cost of our planet.
That's why we use only natural dyes to color your most meaningful clothes. Using plants that regenerate ecosystems, empower smallholder farmers, and reverse climate change.
Perfected over hundreds of hours of research. Learning and re-learning what it means to live in harmony with Nature.
Replacing petroleum-based synthetic dyes with natural botanical dyes. They're beautiful, non-toxic, and better for your health - a win for all.
Protecting the health
of our Ibus, Mother Earth,
and you.
From farm to closet, we work with smallholder farmers
in rural Indonesia to sustain indigenous plants and dye traditions.
Our Plant Dyes & Natural Mordants
DYE/BLUE, GREEN, BLACK
SweetIndigo™
Our blues come from the Strobilanthes cusia leaves, fermented in mountain spring water for 48 hours. Famous for its medicinal and antiseptic properties, our natural Indigo pieces cool you down while letting your skin breathe.
A Black Indigo shirt needs 20kgs of leaves to dye. Taking our Ibus 27 dips and 2 weeks to craft.
DYE/OCHRE, BLACK
No Deforestation Mahogany™
Our ochres are dyed with leftover Mahogany woods from the furniture industry. Our Ibus use only the outer barks that are often thrown away. Boiling them overnight before dyeing the fabric in vat the next day. Darker shades take her 12x to dye.
Our farmer-level #MadeRight certification ensures no deforestation is caused from our materials.
DYE/RED, PINK
SappanPink™ Herbal Wood
Our pink come from the indigenous Javanese Sappan wood. We first learnt of this wood from our communities, who boil it for a herbal drink. Its deep Burgundy hue inspired us to research more on how we can use it to dye clothes, as Morinda roots are rarely found in Java.
DYE/YELLOW, GREEN
SacredGolden™ Fruit
Every year, after the rainy season, the fruits from these sacred trees fall. It is the only time our Ibus can come and forage it. She then dries it under the sun and boils it whenever we need to dye yellow.
MORDANT/BLUE, GREEN, BLACK
Javanese Coconut Sugar
Instead of Hydrogen Sulfite, we use sugar as mordants for Indigo leaves. We mix the right amount of sugar and other natural ingredients like limestone into the water.
MORDANT/RED
Fallen Symplocos Leaves
Our Ibus in Flores call these leaves Loba. Every month during dry seasons, they would go to the community's forest to forage and grind the ones that fell on the ground.
MORDANT/PINK
Waste Banana Stems
The waste banana plants, rich in antiseptic, acts as a coating for the red tannin in the fabric. They protect the red from reacting with the high temperatures, creating pinks instead of oranges.