Journeywoman - Wiseheart Shift - Handwoven White Linen

A lovely sleeveless shift that allows you to tuck your legs up on a seat while retaining your modesty. As a cool dress on a hot day, a warm layer under a smock or camise on a cold one...or simply a soft shell to sleep in, the wiseheart shift sings us home.

Garments in the Journeywoman Collection are made to take on a life of their own, love them naturally as they are or make your own mark. Sewn with cotton thread, they beg to be naturally dyed, eco printed, embellished and personalized. Make your own fit with alterations or by adding more pockets with our favourite cotton sewing thread.

Discounted sets featuring multiple garments from this collection are available here.

Details:

• 100% handwoven linen.
• Generous soft fitting dress with a bell shape at the hem and temple pockets in the side seam.
• Sewn with cotton thread - completely dyeable.
• Sewn at the Maiwa Studio in India. 

A note on fit:

• Generous fit. 

Small: Bust up to 40” (102cm), hip up to 54" (137cm), length 42” (107cm).

Medium: Bust up to 42” (107cm), hip up to 58" (147cm), length 43” (109cm).

Large: Bust up to 44” (112cm), hip up to 60" (153cm), length 44” (112cm).

Scouring: If you plan to dye your garment, don't forget to scour first. Check out our detailed instructions on scouring here. 

Care Instructions: Your fabric can be gently machine or hand washed with cool water. Immediately hang to dry or tumble dry on medium heat.

If you dye your garment with natural dyes - please be sure to protect the natural dyes by using a pH neutral liquid detergent. Wash with similar colours. 

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"The journeywoman throws her wayfinder smock over her wiseheart shift, shrugs on her wanderlust coat, wraps a shawl around her shoulders, whistles up a friendly wind and steps out into the whirled.

If the wind is fierce, she wears her weaver pants underneath.

If the gales are arctic or the night is cold or she needs to escape without baggage, she can wear them all together…westward shimmy and weaver pants under a rustling wind dancer skirt topped by wiseheart shift, wildflower camise and wayfinder smock; all enfolded by the wanderlust coat with a change of undergarments in a pocket and a toothbrush in another.

They can be worn in countless combinations, in layers to suit any climate and on any body.

The journeywoman’s clothes are for the woman who travels light, dreams of travel, sails her armchair or poetically paces the perimeter of her garden, though she may find herself wanting several variations." ~India Flint

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Journeywoman is a collaboration dreamed up between Charllotte of Maiwa and India Flint while traveling in India together in early 2020.

View the entire collection here.