Handcrafted Buttons: The Signature of Authenticity in Naghmeh Kiumarsi’s Designs
Some details are easy to miss at first glance. A button, a small metal ornament, a hand-engraved clasp — none of them shout for attention. Yet these are precisely the elements that give a garment its character. In Naghmeh Kiumarsi’s designs, these handcrafted pieces are not tied to any single collection; they return, again and […]
Daraayi: The Persian Ikat Thread Running Through Kiumarsi’s Collections
Long before a single thread touches the loom, a daraayi weaver has already decided what the finished cloth will look like. That’s the paradox at the heart of this Iranian textile tradition: the pattern exists before the fabric does. It is tied into the yarn, dyed into place, and only revealed, thread by thread, as […]
