12 Days of Christmas: Win an Indigo Quilted Jacket from Soham Dave

Indigo is a dye that rewards slowness. Its colour gathers in layers, deepening with each careful dip of the cloth. In the atelier of Soham Dave, this slowness becomes a way of working — a philosophy that honours time, materials, and the people whose hands shape every garment.

Soham’s fascination with clothing began long before he trained as a designer. As a child, he stood spellbound before the family tailor’s foot-pedalled machine, watching fabric move in rhythm with the craftsman’s hands. Although he first studied electrical engineering, the pull of textiles never subsided. His path took him from his family’s retail shop to NIFT Gandhinagar, then to SEWA, where he worked alongside women for whom craft was a livelihood, and later to FIT in New York. By the time he returned to Ahmedabad, he knew the kind of design he wanted to pursue had little to do with trends and everything to do with integrity.

Rear detail of the Indigo Quilted Jacket from Soham Dave

When he founded his label in 2011, the studio was small: one tailor, one sewing machine, and a willingness to learn. Over time, a network of weavers, dyers, printers, and artisans gathered around the brand, forming a collaborative ecosystem where every fabric and garment passes through human hands. Cotton is woven on hand-operated looms, prints are stamped with carved wooden blocks, and textiles are washed in open pools and dried in the sun. Natural dyes replace synthetic ones, offcuts are upcycled into buttons and trims, and plastic hardware is intentionally avoided so that garments can return to the earth at the end of their life.

Details of the Indigo Quilted Jacket from Soham Dave

This way of working is slow, but it yields material with soul. Their slight irregularities — the softness of a slub, the individuality of a stitch — become evidence of touch. The silhouettes remain minimal, but texture, depth and the unmistakable warmth of craft bring them to life. This spirit was visible during London Textile Month 2025, when Soham Dave presented their new collection at the Selvedge Designer Showroom at Asia House, highlighting leading contemporary designers from India.

Today, Soham Dave's philosophy remains constant: beauty lies in detail, design is a way of life, and sustainability is an ongoing responsibility rather than a label.

12 Days of Christmas: Win an Indigo Quilted Jacket from Soham Dave

For our 12 Days of Christmas prize draw, we are delighted to offer a piece that embodies the design values of Soham Dave: an indigo quilted jacket, hand-dyed with natural indigo and finished with delicate kantha stitching.

The jacket is softly quilted for warmth, effortless to wear, and deeply expressive of the slow-made ethos at the heart of the brand. Whether worn on winter walks or to soften a festive gathering, it brings the gentleness of handcrafted textile tradition into everyday life.

Worth £350.

To enter, click on the button below, or visit the Selvedge Enter a Prize Draw page — and don’t miss the daily prize draws running until 12 December.

Winners will be announced on 13 December.