Grey and Turquoise Adras Ikat Chapan

Grey ground with large turquoise and cobalt almonds, each one softened at the edge where the dye crept along the tied threads. The front edges and cuffs carry a white embroidered braid. The cloth is adras — silk warp over cotton weft — which is why the pattern has a low sheen that shifts as the coat moves.

Product details

• Garment: a chapan — the long Uzbek coat-robe, worn open
• Cloth: handwoven adras, 60% silk and 40% cotton
• Size: one size, cut generously and worn open — custom lengths and sleeve lengths on request
• Main colours: grey, turquoise, cobalt blue, white
• Motif: large eyed almonds in turquoise and blue on a grey ground
• Front edges and cuffs finished with a white embroidered braid
• Care: dry-clean, or hand wash cool without wringing and dry in the shade.
• Cloth handwoven in Margilan; garment cut and sewn in Tashkent

How to wear it

Adras is the silk-warp, cotton-weft cloth most Uzbek ceremonial dress is cut from — the sheen of silk on the face, the weight of cotton in the hand. Worn open over a plain base it reads as a coat rather than a costume. See the other robes and chapans, or buy the cloth itself as silk ikat.

How this ikat is made

The pattern is not printed on the cloth and it is not embroidered into it. Every thread of the warp is tied off in bundles and dyed, one colour at a time, before a single row is woven — a process called abrbandi, cloud-binding, for the soft feathered edge it leaves on every motif. The cloth is handwoven in Margilan in the Fergana Valley. The garment is then cut and sewn in our atelier in Tashkent.

Made to order in our Tashkent atelier and dispatched within 18–25 days, by Uzbekiston Pochtasi tracked airmail. One size, cut generously and worn open. For a different length or sleeve, send your measurements through the contact page and the piece is cut to them at no extra cost.