Stories · Chapter 02 — One Culture
One Culture
The emblem of the house reads: different roots, same ground. This jacket is that sentence, embroidered.
On the back, a single gold line draws the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum Shah Jahan built in Agra; Christ the Redeemer above Rio de Janeiro, completed in 1931 to a design by Heitor da Silva Costa with sculpture by Paul Landowski; and a stepped pyramid in the manner of El Castillo at Chichén Itzá, raised by the Maya.
They were made by different people, in different centuries, for reasons that have nothing to do with each other. We do not merge them into one culture. We put them on one horizon, at the same scale, under the same sun — and name each one.
Two of these places are sites of faith and remembrance. They are drawn as architecture, without alteration, and without slogans. The front carries a line-drawn portrait and the house Z; the sleeves repeat a sun medallion and a band of stars.
Culture is more than a pattern. It has a place, a history, and a voice.
From line drawing to embroidery: the back panel, as drawn and as stitched.
SketchEmbroidered
“No single place on this jacket is the main one. That is the point.”
Credits
Inspired by- Source
- The Taj Mahal, Christ the Redeemer and Maya stepped-pyramid architecture
- Location
- Agra, India · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Yucatán, Mexico
- Technique
- Single-line tonal embroidery in gold-tone thread
- Credited to
- The builders, artisans and communities behind each landmark
Wear the story
One Culture Jacket — ₹3,000