Olive Grid Shirt

The Olive Grid Shirt is handwoven from 100% handspun khadi cotton and coloured with natural plant dyes: an open windowpane check in muted olive and deep charcoal, drawn across a warm cream ground. The squares are wide enough to breathe, so the cloth reads as texture from a distance and as pattern up close.

Handspun, handwoven khadi

Every metre begins as hand-spun yarn and is woven on a handloom. That is why the surface is never quite uniform: the slubs, the occasional darker fleck and the slight waver in the grid are the loom’s signature, not a flaw. Khadi breathes in a way mill cotton does not, and it softens with every wash instead of wearing out.

What makes the Olive Grid Shirt different

Two colours only, and both earn their place. The olive is dusty and warm; the charcoal is a dark slate that goes almost black where two lines cross. Between them the cream ground shifts gently toward wheat in places, which is the natural dye settling unevenly across a hand-woven cloth. Coconut-shell buttons run down a centre placket, each cut from a shell rather than moulded, so no two match exactly.

Natural dyes

Both colours come from plants, not synthetics. They may bleed a little in the first few washes and will soften over the first year. That gentle fading is how naturally dyed cloth is supposed to age.

Fit and styling

A regular fit with a curved hem, equally at home tucked or loose. Full sleeves with two-button barrel cuffs that roll cleanly to the forearm. Sizes S to XXL. If you prefer a finer check, see the Green Check Khadi Shirt; for a stripe in the same cloth, the Monsoon Stripe Shirt.

Specification

Care

Wash gently in cold water only. No detergent — plain water or a mild soap-nut wash. Dry in shade, away from direct sunlight. Do not bleach.

Visualised with AI. The garment is real and photographed; the model is not.