What exactly is chocolate color?
We’ve made bags using two colors, beige and chocolate brown, but starting this season, we’re introducing raffia bags in chocolate brown only!
What exactly is chocolate brown?
Most people think raffia is beige, but that’s the color after it’s been bleached (Surci bleaches it with plant-based oxalic acid). Chocolate brown is the deep chocolate color you get when you dry it without bleaching.
An amateur might think that raffia yarn that is simply dried without bleaching would be less work, but if it is not dried properly, it will develop black spots or turn a greenish brown. To make chocolate-colored raffia yarn, you have to pay attention to the weather, the drying method, and the degree of drying, which takes a lot of effort, so it is more expensive than beige raffia yarn.
Surci is the only place in Japan selling chocolate-colored raffia bags 😉
This raffia bag, meticulously woven from carefully spun and dried chocolate-colored raffia yarn, possesses a deep, chic elegance.
Even within the category of chocolate color, there exists a wide range—from richer shades to lighter tones—and it is precisely this natural hue, untouched by human intervention, that defines the chocolate color.
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April pop-up locations are listed below. Please feel free to stop by and see our items in person.
We’ll be at Yokohama Takashimaya 1F starting the 23rd.
・Himeji Sanyo Department Store: April 9 (Wed) – July 15 (Tue), Main Building 2F
・ArtComplex natua (Tokyo, Yotsuya): April 20 (Sun) – May 3 (Sat)
・Mathieu (Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture) April 25 (Fri) – April 29 (Tue)
・Crayon House (Kichijoji, Tokyo) Late April – Late August
・Takashimaya Yokohama Store April 23 (Wed) – April 29 (Tue) 1F
