Art of Where
Custom printed Silk Kimonos
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Custom printed silk kimonos elevate your artwork into luxury products!

Nothing feels quite as luxurious as silk to wear! Some of our most popular products are now available in 100% pure silk. Art of Where print on demand kimonos and peignoirs are a perfect combination of permanent custom prints combined with luxury fabrics. Design your own to wear, or drop ship kimonos and peignoirs and elevate your product line.

Custom printed silk kimonos elevate your artwork into luxury products!

Nothing feels quite as luxurious as silk to wear! Some of our most popular products are now available in 100% pure silk. Art of Where print on demand kimonos and peignoirs are a perfect combination of permanent custom prints combined with luxury fabrics. Design your own to wear, or drop ship kimonos and peignoirs and elevate your product line.

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  • Choose from 3 styles

    3 styles made in 2 different pure 100% silk fabrics

  • Finishing Touches

    A bamboo fabric band and matching tie finishes your printed kimono in your choice of black, cream, or dark grey

  • Permanent Digital Prints

    Your vibrant digital print on silk will never fade or wash away

  • Draped, relaxed fit

    Designed to drape and fit comfortably, loose-fit cuts suit a range of body types

Silk Kimonos are drop ship friendly!

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Art of Where drop shipping and fulfillment services are a quality-centric way to create, expand, or enhance your artwork-based business! Print your artwork on our unique handmade product range and benefit from:

  • No upfront costs
  • Realistic mockups for your product listings
  • Quick production times
  • Seamless integrations with e-commerce platforms
  • Branded labels and packaging

How it's printed

Reactive Printing

Reactive printing is a multistep process formulated for printing on natural fabrics. It involves 4 main steps: pretreating fabrics, printing, steaming and washing.

The pretreatment process involves coating fabrics in a finely tuned chemical mixture that stiffens the fabric and helps bond the ink to the fabric. Once coated, the fabrics are digitally printed with reactive inks using color profiles suited to each fabric. It’s quick and insanely accurate! The CMYK ink set translates your artwork into millions of tiny drops that are jetted out from the technologically advanced print heads. After printing, steaming is where the magic happens! The fabric slowly moves through a steam chamber heated to 102 degrees Celsius which opens the fiber’s cells. Once opened, the ink can transfer into the fibers. After steaming the print will be at maximum vibrancy and color depth. The last step is washing to remove all excess inks and residual pretreatment. The fabric passes through 3 different temperature baths and we add special detergents and finishers to wash and significantly soften the fabrics.

It’s a long process but it’s worth it! All fabrics printed with a reactive process are fully washable with no fading and perfectly soft and ready to use for any project.

Natural fabric being printed with reactive inks

Reactive vs. Pigment

Unlike the reactive process detailed above, pigment printing is a short cut for natural fabric printing. It results in surface prints on natural fabrics where the inks do not penetrate into the fibers. While it is a fast process, pigment inks are not wash-fast and will fade with washing and rubbing. The colors produced in pigment printing are generally subdued since pigment inks are composed of not only the nanopigments (colors) and water, but also a glue to adhere the ink to the fabric surface. The glue also means your fabric feels stiffer after printing with no hope of softening without washing and color-loss. In contrast, reactive printing includes all the 4 steps detailed above and the end product is fully washed and ready for any end use. Reactive printing on natural fabrics means there’s never any compromise between colors, feel, finish, or wash fastness.

Printed natural fabric coming out of a dryer

Environment Impact of Reactive On-demand Printing

Reactive printing on-demand is a low waste process. Since every meter we print is for a specific customer, we never have overstock or deadstock. Fabrics that print incorrectly can simply be washed and reprinted. Our washing machinery recirculates water to minimize water usage. The steamer uses less than 40 liters of water most production days. We use natural gas heaters to power the printer heater and practice widely accepted energy saving techniques daily within our facility including recycling all cardboard, papers, and plastics.

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Descriptions for your product listings

Sometimes it seems like there are a hundred little steps to go through when creating a product listing! To help make it a little bit easier for you, we’ve put together some listing descriptions that you can choose from and use for your drop ship store or any purpose. Copy and paste as many times as you need!

General

We all love a good pamper, but why not bring that feeling of luxury into your everyday life? 100% silk kimonos are the epitome of luxurious loungewear, custom printed with permanent reactive inks. Available in 3 unique styles, silk kimonos are a stylish accessory to throw on top of your favourite look as well as the perfect at home relaxation outfit. Add a little luxury to your life with a custom printed silk kimono!

Etsy Listing Friendly

While my current skill set does not include cutting and sewing silk kimonos, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add them to my product line! I’ve partnered with a supplier to bring you these luxurious, reactive printed silk kimonos, because everyone could use a little extra luxury in their daily life! Available in 3 unique styles and 2 100% silk fabric options, silk kimonos are the epitome of luxurious loungewear, ideal for lounging around the house or layering over your favourite outfit for added style and comfort.

Artist-oriented

Fashion is undoubtedly an artistic expression, and as an artist it’s a joy to translate my creative work into wearable art. What better way to translate the everyday luxury of art than to add some everyday luxury to your wardrobe with 100% silk kimonos? Featuring my own artwork, digitally printed with permanent reactive inks, these silk kimonos are hand sewn and effortlessly beautiful. Available in 3 unique styles and 2 silk fabric options, the silk kimono is the epitome of luxurious loungewear, ideal for the home, date night, and so much more!


Inspiration and Ideas

Personalize-it with your printed initials

Personalize-it with your printed initials

Whether it’s a suitcase, a pillowcase or a robe, customizing your belongings with your personal initials adds that extra finishing touch of luxury.

Robes always make a great gift

Robes always make a great gift

Both luxurious and practical, silk robes make excellent gifts! Get one for the bride to be or your best friend and anyone who needs a little luxury added to their daily life.

Your paintings on silk

Your paintings on silk

Silk is a gorgeous medium for artwork, but it’s not everyday an artist gets to use it! Why not print your artwork on a silk kimono?!

Go comical with thematic artwork on your kimono

Go comical with thematic artwork on your kimono

Luxury doesn’t have to be serious! Add some humour to your luxury with quirky themed artwork.


Compliance and Safety

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Our 100% silk habotai is made in a factory with OEKO-TEX certification for standardized and safe working conditions.
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