The Print Journal

Printed cotton shirt — every colour approved in the lab first

Every Colour Is Approved in a Room Like This Fi...

Lab dips, three lights, the spectrophotometer, fastness and physical tests — how a shade is matched, tested and signed off at our Mumbai production mill before a single metre is...

Every Colour Is Approved in a Room Like This Fi...

Lab dips, three lights, the spectrophotometer, fastness and physical tests — how a shade is matched, tested and signed off at our Mumbai production mill before a single metre is...

Finished printed fabric in a garment — Textile 101: the stenter

The Last Machine Decides: Inside Our Ehwha Glot...

The stenter is the last machine fabric meets — where it gets its exact width, its feel and its finish. Inside the finishing line at our Mumbai production mill, and...

The Last Machine Decides: Inside Our Ehwha Glot...

The stenter is the last machine fabric meets — where it gets its exact width, its feel and its finish. Inside the finishing line at our Mumbai production mill, and...

Deep blue printed cotton shirt — even shade from continuous pad dyeing

Anyone Can Dye Fabric. Try Dyeing Every Metre t...

Continuous pad dyeing on the Küsters range — how thousands of metres come out one even shade, why continuous beats batch for long runs (and when it doesn't), and the...

Anyone Can Dye Fabric. Try Dyeing Every Metre t...

Continuous pad dyeing on the Küsters range — how thousands of metres come out one even shade, why continuous beats batch for long runs (and when it doesn't), and the...

Pure white Schiffli cotton — the result of proper continuous bleaching

White Is Not a Colour. It’s a Process.

Every metre of cotton leaves the loom yellow-brown. Inside the continuous bleaching range — how fabric becomes perfectly, uniformly white, and why absorbency, not whiteness, is the real prize.

White Is Not a Colour. It’s a Process.

Every metre of cotton leaves the loom yellow-brown. Inside the continuous bleaching range — how fabric becomes perfectly, uniformly white, and why absorbency, not whiteness, is the real prize.

Printed cotton shirt — natural fabric for Indian weather

Cotton, Linen, Silk and Viscose: A Manufacturer...

Four fabrics, four completely different origins — and one of them isn't quite what the label suggests. Where cotton, linen, silk and viscose actually come from, what each is genuinely...

Cotton, Linen, Silk and Viscose: A Manufacturer...

Four fabrics, four completely different origins — and one of them isn't quite what the label suggests. Where cotton, linen, silk and viscose actually come from, what each is genuinely...

Charcoal Garden printed cotton shirt for women — breathable cotton for Indian weather

Why Not Polyester?

Polyester is plastic on your skin — and in Indian heat and humidity, that matters. A textile manufacturer explains why cotton is still the right choice for everyday wear, and...

Why Not Polyester?

Polyester is plastic on your skin — and in Indian heat and humidity, that matters. A textile manufacturer explains why cotton is still the right choice for everyday wear, and...