Paul Ropp clothing uses intricately designed fabrics that are handcrafted in villages throughout India. The production of these fabrics provides employment in rural India and helps preserve traditional handloom weaving and embroidery techniques. The main source of Paul Ropp's lightweight fabrics is West Bengal, where fine muslin fabrics are intricately handloomed requiring only the skills that have been passed down for generations. Varanasi is the source of intricate silk jacquard fabrics that are handwoven on looms and have the loose threads on the back precisely cut by hand. The fabrics are then embroidered or printed in villages in India before being manufactured into clothing in Indonesia by people of various religions, and exported globally, providing an example of

1. Anybody walking down the street in a Paul Ropp outfit will know this quote all too well: “Oh my
god! That fabric is incredible!!” Paul Ropp customers know quite well that the fabrics used is
one of the major aspects that make the Paul Ropp look so desirable. Intricate designs, the
majority of which is: hand loomed, hand printed, hand embroidered, and hand produced.
Everything about the creation of Paul Ropp clothing is done by the people for the people. There is
an intimate connection between PR clothing and the PR wearer; it stems down to the hand
crafted material that creates the adventurous designs we adorn ourselves with.
Paul Ropp fabrics are created in all corners of India, from Northern villages in Varanasi, Western
Villages in Bengal, and the Eastern Villages in Tamilnadu in the South. The production of these
fabrics not only provides direct, or indirect, employment to thousands of people in rural India, but
also aids in the preservation of traditional techniques of intricate handloom weaving and
embroidery. The process of providing these villages with this means of infrastructure keeps with
the Ghandian philosophy of providing self­sustenance to the villages in order to eliminate the
dependency of village dwellers on city life and city resources.
The main source of the PR featherlight fabrics is West Bengal, which was once famous for the
finest muslins. These fine count fabrics are intricately woven on handlooms and the only
necessary means of production these villagers depend on are their delicate hands, the skill that
has been passed down from generations within the village, and a passion borne out of years of
practice. This process of hand looming requires no machines ­ which constructs an array of
entirely unique designs for each development, making it almost impossible to recreate. Due to
the intricacies of this fabric production, the amount of weaving able to be completed in a full days
work only results in a couple meters of fabric.
Varanasi, on the other hand, is the source for the intricate silk Jacquard fabrics. This creation is
produced by means of fine silks woven on jacquard handlooms. The loose threads on the back
of the fabric, once completed, are precisely hand cut to add the elegance that the fabric exudes.
Paul Ropp values this hard work, and he prefers to use the reverse side of the fabric in most of
his hand cut silk collections in order to bring out the dimensions, and texture that the fabric is
able to provide. Usually, creating a fabric such as this requires one week of hard work (from
weaving, to hand cutting, to production) in order to merely make ONE hand cut silk scarf.
Furthermore, Tamilnadu’s famous rich cultural heritage and ancient weaving techniques allows
for this destination to be our main hotspot for our woven country fabrics. Once the fabrics
from their specified locations are created, these villages further use silk screening methods,
hand printing, or hand embroidering in order to create the final production of the elegant fabric
as seen in Paul Ropp garments.
These methods and techniques of craftsmanship is what gives Paul Ropp fabric such important
and high value. Each piece of fabric is unique and irreplaceable, which only adds to the intense

2. beauty it exudes. Interestingly, the route which the creation of Paul Ropp pieces takes leans on
all corners of the world, and touches on all types of religious values. Initially produced in Hindu
India, the fabrics are then shipped for manufacturing in majorly Muslim Indonesia where the
pieces are worked on by Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians. These worldly pieces are
then exported to countries such as Buddhist Thailand and Catholic Philippines among 35 other
diverse countries. The worldly travel of Paul Ropp fabrication, to export production exposes a
constructive example of global cohabitation - which produces a sustainable alternative to limited
city dwelling branching out to global cooperation. Thus, Paul Ropp garments are one of a kind
pieces that create today’s look as tomorrow’s antiques. The intricacy and skill of the process of
production from village to fabric to garment creates for a unique and timeless masterpiece
desired by the museums of tomorrow.