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One cloth.
One promise.

Sussi Loom began with a single sussi shalwar from a grandmother's trunk, and a question: why can't we buy this anywhere?

How it started
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Looking for a cloth that was disappearing.

We went looking for sussi in the big markets and found almost nothing. Then we went to the weaving towns and found families who still knew how, but had no one buying.

So we made a simple decision: we would sell sussi, only sussi, and do it properly. Fair prices to the weaver. Honest descriptions to you. Beautiful packaging, because a cloth this rare deserves it.

“If we don't wear it, they stop weaving it.”

Sussi Loom packaging
What we stand by

Our four promises

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Only handloom

If it wasn't woven by hand, we won't sell it. No power-loom "sussi-style" fabric, ever.

ii.

Fair to weavers

We buy directly from weaving families and pay for the time the cloth actually takes.

iii.

Honest about the hand

We tell you about the small irregularities up front. They're proof, not flaws.

iv.

Delivered with care

Hand-wrapped, sealed and personally confirmed on WhatsApp before it leaves us.

Sussi Loom stationery and business cards
From Karachi
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A small house,
on purpose.

We're a small team in Karachi. We answer our own WhatsApp, fold our own parcels and know every weave by name. Say hello any time.

Get in touch
Be part of it
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Keep a loom working.

A three-piece suit is about four days of one weaver's work. The first collection launches soon.

Preview the collection