Suzusan

Suzusan was founded in 2008 by Hiroyuki Murase, a fifth-generation shibori artisan. He left Japan for Europe at 20 to study fine art, and it was living abroad that made him see the value of his hometown's handicraft. The label makes stoles, clothing and home items using the Arimatsu Narumi shibori technique, the Japanese method of resist dyeing.

Murase pairs those hand-dyed colours with good materials, including hand-woven cashmere and baby alpaca sourced from around the world. The idea is to give a century-old craft a fresh life without losing what makes it distinctive. In Berlin, you can find Suzusan at Andreas Murkudis.