COLLECTIONS
FROM THE ARTIST: KATAYOUNA JALILIPOUR
“These images are created from 19th century Persian miniature drawings for the Sanskrit text, “Lizzat Al-Nisam” translating to “Pleasures of Women.” This manuscript is currently available in the UK but is banned in Iran. The manuscript excludes any imagery of queer couples, either due to erasure or historic censorship. Using digital image alteration, this series ‘queers’ heterosexual imagery to portray lesbian relationships instead. By removing heterosexuality from these paintings and placing women together in sexual and romantic settings, this portrait reclaims how queerness has always existed in Iran— and will continue to exist. This could be seen as a symbol of rebellion against the patriarchy, embedded in Iraninan women’s continuous fight for freedom, or in Farsi, ‘AZAADI.’”
azaadi TEES
To kick off this summer we’ve crafted cozy casuals to celebrate womxn and show off to your significant queer. By eclectically representing Persian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian womxn through the Azaadi resistance, this series is inspired by romantic moments censored from our histories— reclaiming and empowering all forms of love in the now.
azaadi for them
The AZAADI for Them shirt is a tapestry of resistance and beauty, weaving together Bangladeshi Nakshi Kantha, Palestinian Tatreez, and Mexican Huichol embroidery— each stitch honoring ancestral craftsmanship and survival. At its heart is artwork by a trans Iranian artist whose bold re-imagining of Persian miniatures queers tradition and defies patriarchy. Their work reclaims erased histories of feminist and queer existence, transforming censored images into portraits of collective joy, rebellion, and freedom. Together, the textile traditions and visual art form a unified language—one that speaks of shared struggle across borders, of gender defiance, of cultural pride.This shirt is not just worn; it’s carried as a declaration of AZAADI— freedom for all.
The Oshmo Collection (অশ্ম: meaning fossil or archaism in Bengali), is an upcoming collection inspired by somatic representation. Rooted in Nakshi Kantha, traditional Bangladeshi embroidery, the collection reimagines the stitch as skeletal structure— binding identity and form. Protruded shapes ripple throughout each piece, as if the body itself is emerging from a fossilized past. Each piece invites the wearer to embody a living archive, where ancestral craft and the contemporary converge in a dance between skin, structure, and story.