The Journal

Notes from the Maison.

Care, craft, and the heritage behind every piece.

Dressing for a Wedding When You Are Not the Bride

A floor-length bronze silk caftan with gold embroidery hanging from an iron hook on a plaster column in a Moroccan riad courtyard, a lit lantern nearby

Guidance · Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min readMoroccan weddings run long and change setting more than once. The three questions our advisors ask before recommending anything at all.

Packing a Caftan So It Arrives Ready

A cream caftan with bronze sfifa braid folded in white tissue paper inside an open vintage leather suitcase, a horn comb resting beside it

Care · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min readA caftan travels well when it is folded along the seams it already has. How the atelier packs one, and what to do about creases on arrival.

When You Are Between Two Sizes

A half-pinned cream linen toile on an antique wooden dress form in a Moroccan atelier, a tape measure over the shoulder and paper patterns on the table

Guidance · Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min readHalf the questions our advisors answer begin the same way. The size you should take depends on the silhouette rather than the tape.

Caring for Linen, the Atelier Way

A white linen kaftan on a wooden hanger in the open window of a Moroccan riad, with a garden beyond and a ceramic bowl on the sill

Care · Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min readLinen rewards patience more than any fibre we work with. Here is how the atelier keeps it beautiful for decades, and how you can do the same at home.

Silk, Wool, and the Case for Natural Fibres

Four natural fibre swatches, linen, silk, wool and cotton, pinned to a plaster wall with handwritten tags in raking daylight

Care · Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min readSynthetic cloth is cheaper, faster, and everywhere. Here is why the maison still works exclusively in linen, silk, wool, and cotton.

Why We Cut Only Forty

Numbered bundles of folded cloth stacked on a wooden atelier table by an arched window, next to an open ledger recording each edition

Heritage · May 5, 2026 · 2 min readEvery K-Loh design is released once, in a numbered edition of forty pieces at most. This is not a marketing device. It is how the atelier works.

The Language of Moroccan Embroidery

An artisan's hands stitching a row of hand-knotted buttons onto a dark caftan at a workbench, beside wooden thread spools and embroidery tools

Heritage · Apr 9, 2026 · 3 min readSfifa, aakad, couched metallic thread. The vocabulary of Moroccan embroidery is centuries old, and every K-Loh piece speaks it fluently.

The Caftan, From Court Dress to Modern Wardrobe

A cream caftan on a dress form standing in a carved Moroccan archway, lit by a window above a zellige tiled floor

Heritage · Mar 17, 2026 · 2 min readThe caftan has dressed sultans, brides, and centuries of Moroccan women. A short history of the silhouette at the heart of the maison.