The preservation of our territories and luxury are inter-wined: in the last hundred of years we forgot it. As the fashion world became the industry that is nowadays designer have totally lost contact with the stories behind the textiles and nature. Luxury loosed value because it became aseptic and repetitive, as the machinery used in the industries that produce fashion luxury.
Before fashion became and industry, the world’s most exquisite fabrics were created through slow, careful, chemical-free craft. Today, consumers are returning to the idea that luxury and sustainability are no longer separate ideas : they depend on each other.
Across the world, traditional textile communities continue to produce some of the purest, most sustainable materials on earth. Their techniques are not just environmentally responsible; they create fabrics with unmatched beauty, depth, and soul.
India is country where is impossible not to fall in love with traditional textile and the in-numerous millenaries art that is still preserved to make regenerative textiles.
In the region of Assam, one of the places on earth were handwoven textile are still present today, is home to three legendary silks Muga, Eri, and Pat that are still made by hand through processes that protect the environment and respect the silkworm.
Muga silk : is famous for its natural golden glow. The silkworms feed on wild leaves, and the fiber’s shine increases with every wash.
Eri silk: often called “peace silk,” is made without harming the silkworm, making it one of the world’s most ethical luxury fibers.
Pat silk is fine, luminous, and woven using traditional looms passed down for centuries.
These silks require no heavy chemicals, no mass machines — only natural cycles and exceptional skill.
Just to mention an other mastery of Indian textile we must move to the region of Kerala that is home to ancient plant-based dyeing traditions that use ingredients like indigo leaves, turmeric, pomegranate rind, and marigold petals. Natural dyes are not only biodegradable but gentle on the skin.
But each region and tradition of the world countres have its own mastery of textile. Moving to india all the way to France we had to mention French linen that considered one of the most sustainable luxury fibers in the world. Flax grows with minimal water and needs almost no pesticides. When spun and woven traditionally, it produces linen that is: naturally antimicrobial, long-lasting ,breathable and completely biodegradable.
Italy was hometown to many internationally known mastery in textile, perhaps the rarest textile on earth, bisso (sea silk) that is traditional from Sardinia is gathered from the Pinna Nobilis mollusk in the Mediterranean. Only a few artisans in Sardinia still understand how to clean, spin, and weave this delicate marine fiber by hand. When exposed to sunlight and lemon juice, bisso shines like gold.
It definitely cannot be industrialized, dyed, or mass-produced it is pure craft and devotion.
From Assam’s ethical silks to Kerala’s plant dyes, French linen, and Sardinia’s marine silk, one truth becomes clear:
Luxury becomes truly luxurious when it is sustainable. Because sustainability preserves the purity, the craft, and the soul of textiles. By choosing natural fibers, plant dyes, and heritage techniques, we support artisans, protect ecosystems, and keep alive the beauty of handmade textile traditions. The new luxury is slow, mindful, and deeply human.