This khadi shirt is cut from pure cotton khadi, handspun and handwoven in Karnataka, and space-dyed in Athenian blue. This is a shirt for a man who dresses with intention rather than effort. The fabric comes pre-washed and destarched, so it arrives soft and ready to wear, none of that stiff first-wash negotiation. The relaxed fit makes it easy across the shoulders and through the body, the kind of shirt you reach for any day without thinking twice. If this sounds like the shirt you have been looking for, it probably is.

 

Details: Mandarin collar. Half sleeves with a V-dent band at the hem. Straight hem with short side slits for ease of movement. Front patch pocket with a pointed flap and a concealed buttonhole beneath it. Back V-shaped yoke with a box pleat. No thick fusing or buckram inside the collar or placket, so the shirt moves softly and breathes freely. Non-corrosive metal buttons throughout. Individually cut and sewn in our Bengaluru studio.

 

Intent: In Karnataka, a Badagi is a carpenter. Not someone who assembles flat-pack furniture, but someone who reads the grain of wood before making a single cut. He knows that a joint, once made poorly, will announce itself eventually, a drawer that sticks, a door that no longer closes true.

 

This shirt borrows that logic. The V-dent on the sleeve band, the pointed flap on the chest pocket, the V-shaped back yoke meeting at the spine, these are not styling decisions made in front of a mood board. They are the same instinct a carpenter brings to a sharp mitre joint, the belief that where two things meet is exactly where the care must show. Badagi is not a motif. It is a method.

 

Weight: 350 grams/shirt

 

Colour: Athenian blue

 

Care: Hand wash in cold water with mild/no detergent and dry in the shade.