Meet your new favourite scarf for travel, layering, and everything in between. This oversized cotton scarf is hand dyed with natural indigo by the women of the Vivaz Women's Cooperative in El Salvador — making each one genuinely one of a kind. It's a beautiful piece to wear and an even more meaningful one to give.
✨ Features
- 🌿 Natural Indigo Dye: Coloured with authentic "añil" — a plant-based dye indigenous to El Salvador, once used by the ancient Mayas. No synthetic dyes, ever.
- 🧵 100% Cotton: Soft, breathable, and lightweight — comfortable against the skin all year round.
- 📏 Generously Oversized: Measures 59" (L) x 25" (W), giving you plenty of fabric to style it as a wrap, shawl, headscarf, or beach cover-up.
- 🎨 Eye Stripe Pattern: A striking deep-blue hue with a classic stripe design that pairs easily with any outfit.
- 🤲 Truly Handmade: Each scarf is handcrafted, so slight natural variations are part of what makes your piece unique.
- 🌍 Fair Trade Made: Handmade with love in El Salvador by female artisans earning fair wages.
- 🧼 Easy Care: Hand wash cold to preserve the natural dye and fabric quality.
💛 Benefits
- 🧳 The perfect travel scarf — light enough to pack anywhere, versatile enough to wear a dozen different ways.
- 🎁 A gift with a story — every purchase supports female empowerment and financial independence for artisan families in El Salvador. It makes a thoughtful, meaningful gift for birthdays, holidays, or any occasion.
- ♻️ Wear it with purpose — buying this scarf helps revive a centuries-old indigo dyeing tradition and sustain fair trade craft communities.
- 🌱 Naturally made, naturally good — the indigo plant dye is non-toxic and works only on natural fibres, so what touches your skin is as clean as it gets.
🌺 Artisan Story
These scarves are made by the Vivaz Women's Cooperative in San Luis Los Ranchos, El Salvador. Through international sales, the women gain financial independence and a better quality of life for their families — and help keep a remarkable craft tradition alive.
The indigo (or "añil") dye they use is native to the region. The plant is harvested, submerged in water to ferment, and the deep-blue pigment that settles at the bottom is used to colour the fabric. It's a slow, labour-intensive process — and the rich colour it produces is unlike anything synthetic dyes can replicate.
Until the 1800s, indigo was the only source of blue dye in the world, making El Salvador a major global exporter. When synthetic dyes arrived, that industry collapsed. Today, co-operatives like Vivaz are helping bring it back.
📋 Product Specifications
- Material: 100% Cotton
- Dimensions: 59" (L) x 25" (W)
- Dye: Natural plant-based indigo (añil)
- Care: Hand wash cold
- Origin: Handmade in El Salvador
- Production: Fair trade, women's cooperative
🛒 Add the Indigo Eye Stripe Scarf to your cart today — a piece of wearable craft history that does good in the world with every wear.