The Haveli Button Down

The Haveli Button Down is the upper half of the haveli language — the same blue khaddar, the same block print, the same ajrak detailing, translated into a shirt silhouette that can be worn alone or as a set with the cargo pants below. It carries the courtyard inside it. On a blue khaddar base, a composed block print runs across the body of the shirt — designed as a single composition rather than a repeating tile. Hand-dyed ajrak patches sit within the block-printed field, the two printing traditions occupying the same surface in deliberate coexistence. Ajrak detailing continues at the cuffs and collar edges. A screen-printed RASTAH logo patch anchors the chest. The composed block print means this shirt is not symmetrical — it has a specific visual structure that was designed for these exact surfaces, for the way a button-down shirt moves and folds and opens. That specificity is audible when you look closely: the print isn't wallpaper applied to a shirt shape, it is a designed image that belongs to this particular object. The haveli button down is the kind of shirt that gets worn to places worth going. Dressed up or down, with the cargo pants or with something simpler — it carries the craft and the story wherever it ends up. Key Features Blue khaddar construction Composed block print across body Hand-dyed ajrak patches and cuff/collar detailing Screen-printed RASTAH logo patch at chest Button-front closure Coordinates with The Haveli Cargo Pants Care Instructions Dry clean only