Kardo

The antithesis of mass-produced fast-fashion, Kardo was launched in 2013 with the desire to slow things down and attend to the small details of menswear. Inspired by the rich heritage of traditional Indian craft textiles Kardo has, for the past decade, worked and nurtured relationships with artisans and textile communities around India to create unique clothing that dresses the modern man with subtle twists on classic silhouettes. Kardo honours traditional weaving, dying and printing techniques in India for their collections, using fabrics such as Natural Dyed Handloom, Block Printing, IKAT, Natural Indigo Denim, Shibori and Chikankari embroidery. They actively support and collaborate with handloom weaving communities throughout India in the hope that these traditional techniques don’t die out and their impact on the environment is as low as possible. Kardo takes this one step further by their specialized ‘ONExONE’ production for clothing where each item is hand-cut and sewn by a single tailor from beginning to end and carefully hand-finished. Designed in and produced out of Kardo’s own workshop in New Delhi, India, they celebrate their workers by paying fair wages for their craftsmanship, and providing them with a safe & healthy working environment. The provenance of Kardo clothing is recognized by attaching a tag to each garment highlighting the hands involved in the making of each piece.