Techniques
Our Signature Bobbles
One June afternoon in 2021, with no client brief and no design direction, Seema and her team began playing with leftover silk scraps in the studio. There was time to experiment to touch, fold, and listen to what the fabric wanted to become. What emerged was something unexpected: small, raised textures shaped directly into the fabric. They were soft. Uneven. And quietly captivating. Each cluster looked like it belonged there, not added, but discovered. They called it Bobbles.
In March 2022, Bobbles appeared for the first time in Coral’s Lakmé Fashion Week showcase, not as a spectacle, but as a quiet signature. Since then, it has become a hallmark of the brand. Bobbles is not embroidery. It’s not printed or patched. It’s a manipulation of the silk itself done slowly, by hand, and only where the textile allows.It never disrupts the flow, only adds dimension. Sometimes the Bobbles appear like constellations scattered across the night sky. At other times, they mimic coral clusters undersea, wild, intuitive, and deeply natural.
To Seema, Bobbles is a memory of her scuba diving days. It reminds her that beauty is rarely perfect, but always felt.
Natural Dyeing
In the studio, colours are not chosen from a chart. They’re coaxed gently from petals, peels, bark, and leaves often gathered from kitchen waste, flower markets, or certified organic vendors.
Our natural dyeing process begins with slow boiling. The plant matter is steeped in water for up to two hours, allowing every pigment to release itself fully into the liquid. The silk is then dipped, sometimes once, sometimes several times, depending on the shade we seek and the mood of the material.
Natural dyeing can never give the exact shade. The final result is always a little different. And that’s exactly the point.
What emerges is not just colour, but tone. A softness. A story. A shade that shifts with the light, the weather, and even your skin. We dye in small batches. We use every dye bath to its fullest potential, extracting richer, deeper tones from what’s left behind. In doing so, we waste nothing and gain everything. This is not colour with precision, it’s colour with presence.
Eco Printing
Eco printing begins with placement. Every petal, leaf, and stem is laid down on silk, not randomly, but with quiet purpose. Each element has a shape, a pigment, a potential. Once the composition is complete, the fabric is layered and pressed between barriers that help contain the impressions. The bundle is then steamed, slowly and gently, allowing the plant matter to release its natural colour and imprint its silhouette onto the silk. No two prints are ever alike. Sometimes a leaf leaves behind a perfect skeleton. Sometimes just a shadow. But always something honest. Eco printing is not about control. It’s about letting nature leave its mark. It’s a collaboration between fabric and flora, between what is placed and what chooses to stay. Each garment carries this quiet memory, a trace of a plant’s last bloom, now given new life in silk.
Nature doesn’t repeat itself. Neither do we.
Bundle Printing
Bundle printing is instinctive. It doesn’t rely on layers, separators, or structure. Instead, botanical elements are placed intuitively on silk, almost like a dance. Once composed, the fabric is rolled tightly, like a scroll or a sushi roll, and then steamed. The pigments are released slowly. The shapes evolve.
And what’s left behind is a quiet surprise, the echo of a petal, the outline of a leaf, or sometimes just a shadow of something that once lived. Unlike eco printing, bundle printing doesn’t aim for balance. It welcomes chance. The fabric is not told what to become, it reveals itself. This technique is meditative, raw, and deeply personal. Every roll is an experiment.