METROL started in 2019 with one cutting table in Block F. We still work the same way: buy fabric in short lengths, cut a small run, and sell it until it is gone.
Handloom fabric does not arrive in unlimited widths, and it does not arrive twice the same. A weaver in Chanderi sends us forty metres; that is eleven kurtas, not a season's worth. Working in short runs means we can take fabric that a larger buyer would reject for being inconsistent — and that inconsistency is usually the best thing about it.
It also means we are honest about restocks. If a page says four left, there are four. We do not put a piece back up in a mill-made copy once the original fabric runs out.
Eleven people work in the studio — six on machines, two on finishing, one master cutter, and two of us handling everything else. Everyone is on the payroll, not on piece rates. The alteration table is in the same room as the cutting table, which is the whole reason we can offer alterations free for a month after you buy.
Packaging, mostly. We moved to paper mailers in 2024 but the tape is still plastic-lined, and we have not found a replacement that survives the monsoon. Sizes above XXL are cut to order rather than stocked, which we know is not good enough yet.
We name the source on every product page. These are the four clusters we buy from most.
Silk-cotton woven on pit looms. Our kurta and dupatta fabric, bought in 40–60m lots through a weaver co-operative.
Hand block printing with natural dyes — madder, indigo, pomegranate rind. Printed to our own blocks since 2021.
Ikat, where the yarn is tie-dyed before weaving. Stoles and the occasional shirt run.
You are welcome at the studio during working hours — no appointment needed, though a message helps us keep someone free for you.
Directions and hoursTell us what you need and we will reply with availability, fit advice and a payment link — usually within one working day.