Plan the piece
Choose the garment, the fit, the colours, and tap the areas where tibeb belongs. Every option is something a weaver can actually make.
Derbaba Design Studio
A custom habesha piece, planned clearly.
Describe the silhouette, the colours, the occasion, and exactly where tibeb should sit. Your designer proposes her own real pattern privately, and quotes a date, not a guess.
Six to ten weeks is normal for hand weaving. Your designer confirms the date before anything is agreed. For Genna on 7 January, that means ordering by early November.
How it works
Send to up to three designers
One structured brief, in English and Amharic, goes to the designers you pick. They see your choices, not a guess at them.
Compare private replies
Each designer replies with real photographs of tibeb she weaves, a price, and the date it will be finished.
What a brief looks like
You mark the bands and say roughly how wide. The drawing shows placement and width, with an example pattern to help you picture it. Your designer proposes her own.
What you can have made
- Kemis, full length
- Tilf
- Modern habesha dress
- Netela and shawl
- Two-piece sets
- Habesha shirt, long and short
- Men's traditional set
- Trousers
- Netela and gabi
- Waistcoat
- Matched adult and children sets, by occasion
The drawing is a planning aid, not a finished garment. The pattern in each band is an example, shown so you can picture the piece — your designer proposes her own. Prices, materials, measurements, shipping and the tibeb itself are settled privately with her.