From cotton field to constellation
Sandry Law, our Head of Procurement in China, spent three months visiting small mills and cooperatives across Yunnan before settling on a family-run operation outside Kunming. The cotton is grown organically, picked by hand, and spun into a 170 gsm canvas that holds its structure without stiffness.
What sets this tee apart isn’t just the source — it’s what happens after weaving. The fabric is cut and sewn in a low-waste workshop, then sent to a print atelier in Guangdong that has been working with water-based ecological inks for decades. The constellation mark is screen-printed using a single pass, ensuring the ink sits inside the fibres rather than on top, so the graphic ages with the garment.
Once printed, each shirt goes through a garment-wash with natural enzymes. This step removes any residual starch and pre-softens the cotton, giving it that familiar, lived-in drape from the very first wear. Sandry personally checks every batch for stitch tension, collar stability, and print registration — the same quality-control rigour she applies to our tea lots. The result is a tee that quietly announces your place in the constellation, season after season.