Katrina was busy in Turkey this summer! Frustrated with the bags she found, Katrina worked with a few artists in Istanbul to design her own laptop bag. These exclusive bags are the perfect bag to carry your laptop and essentials as you run from coffee shop to meeting to home. As …
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Exclusive Laptop Bags
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Turkish Pewter Jewelry
Pewter, a mix of primarily tin with a little copper and antimony added for strength, has been used for jewelry since the bronze age. It is also still classified as a precious metal, though an affordable one! While pewter used to be made with lead, which is known to be toxic to people, the …
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Embroidered Summer Dresses
Looking for that perfect go to piece for summer? Our hand embroidered dresses are cool, comfortable, and versatile! Each dress is a wearable work of art guaranteed to get compliments every time you wear it. You can wear the dress all year long by layering it over jeans or leggings or by adding sweaters …
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Organic Cotton Turkish Towels
Here at Sankara, our latest obsession is our Turkish towels. These towels are unlike any other you’ve used before. Not only are they beautifully woven on traditional hand looms, but they also last 3 – 6 times longer and absorb better than other towels. Each towel is hand woven by Turkish artisans on traditional shuttle …
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Rajasthani Miniature Painting
One of our favorite art forms out of Rajasthan is miniature painting. The art form dates back to the 16th century, and is particular to the region. While similar to the court paintings of Moghul Delhi, the Rajasthani painting techniques use bolder color schemes and layering to achieve shading and dimensions. Miniature paintings were …
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Starfish Project – New in the shop!
We are proud to announce our new partnership with the Starfish Project, a nonprofit helping exploited women and girls. A team of women from all over the world has given their time and skills to create a jewelry business where survivors of human trafficking and exploitation feel proud to work. They are given access to …
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Saris
When thinking of fashion and India, saris are most likely the first thing to pop into your head. And while they are beautiful and flattering on every body, it can seem a little out of place to wear one in daily life outside of the subcontinent. But, saris can be used in a multitude of …
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Planning and Product Development
While the shopping and travel throughout India is still on the horizon, Katey met with Kuku from Sunshine Project, one of our charitable partners, to begin the planning and development of Sankara’s expanded exclusive line of products. While we can’t give too much away yet, we thought we’d share a bit of what goes into …
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Sadhna and the City Palace Museum
Today was a mixture of shopping and sightseeing for Francesca and Claudia. They spent the morning doing some work. They visited Sadhna, a local women’s cooperative, where Francesca found a few things she had to bring back to Sankara. Then they went to another cooperative, where they ran into a couple from Shoreline who had …
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