Down to Earth
Noir Mud Silk
Working with mud silk is an ancient textile tradition rooted in southern China, where generations of artisans harnessed water, sun, and earth to create fabrics with an otherworldly depth and glow. Today, Marcella Echavarría breathes new life into this heritage with her NOIR Mud Silk collection. In this Art Room you’ll find rare pieces that are more than garments – they are timeless companions, ready to become the treasures of your wardrobe for decades to come.
The idea for NOIR was born in Beijing, when founder Marcella Echavarría first witnessed the spellbinding dance of mud silk – a fabric that seemed like leather or paper, yet moved with the fluidity of water. For over 2,500 years, this rare textile has been treasured under poetic names such as fragrant cloud silk, bamboo silk, lacquered silk, and soft gold. To wear mud silk is not merely to dress – it is to be embraced by a living artifact, a fusion of protection, beauty, and poetry.
Lengths of natural silk are soaked as many as forty times until the deep brown hue is fully absorbed. The silk is then taken to the Pearl River and coated with mineral-rich mud. Rinsed once more in the same river, it is left to dry so that the tannin and plant-dye colours can set, allowing the fibres to mature and soften.
Here, a rare selection of NOIR Mud Silk pieces awaits you. Unique garments to treasure for a lifetime.
All pieces are onesize and reversible.
