Colombian Mola Embroidery Shirt
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The button-down you'll wear constantly, with hand-stitched stories on your chest.
This is a linen shirt with a classic silhouette, and hand-stitched mola embroidery panels that turn a simple shirt into a conversation piece. Each embroidery is made by the Indigenous Kuna Nation of Colombia using reverse appliqué, a technique passed from mother to daughter that can take weeks to complete. Made from naturally dyed linen that breathes beautifully, stays cool, and gets softer with every wash. The relaxed fit works with everything in your wardrobe—jeans, linen pants, under blazers, or worn open over a tee.
No two shirts are identical.
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• Unisex design — fits a range of body types comfortably (see size chart)
• Relaxed and slightly oversized for comfortable layering
• Hip-length — pairs well with everything from jeans to linen trousers to skirts
• Long sleeves with button cuffs featuring mola embroidery detail
• Pure French linen — thin, lightweight, and highly breathable
• Soft against the skin from the first wear, gets softer with every wash
• Naturally moisture-wicking — cooling in warm weather
• Fully opaque
• Shell buttons
• Available in Forest Green and Natural Linen
- Wear with linen pants for a clean, coordinated look
- Layer open over a simple tee with the Purity Aquarian Pants
- Perfect for warm-weather travel or beach-to-dinner wear
- Pairs beautifully with simple accessories—the mola is the statement
Hand wash cold with gentle detergent and similar colors
Hang or lay flat to dry
Warm iron
Do not iron directly over Mola panels — steam gently if needed
The Kuna are sea people — an Indigenous nation living along the northern coast of Colombia and the San Blas islands of Panama. Their society is matrilineal, meaning lineage, land, and knowledge pass through women. Kuna women are the center of community life, and their most visible expression of that role is the mola.
Mola means "cloth" in the Kuna language. The motifs depict animals, birds, the sea, and sacred geometry. They also carry a deeper principle: the Kuna concept of duality. Every being has a purba — an invisible double — and this belief shows up in the mirror-image symmetry woven into every design.
Each shirt is one-of-a-kind, and made by hand in Bali in collaboration with slow fashion pioneer Myrah Peñaloza.
SHIPPING TIMES
Most of our items are shipped with DHL International Express Shipping service from Bali, Indonesia.
Estimated delivery time can range from 14-22 business days.
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