The 'New born' kerchief

This project is based on rediscovery of the forgotten value of the handkerchief 

and a revival of the traditional Asian beauty of 'Pojagi'

<Shakespeare's Othello - Act III. Scene III. - Before the Castle.>

OTHELLO
I'll tear her all to pieces.

IAGO

Nay, but be wise: yet we see nothing done;

She may be honest yet. Tell me but this,

Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief

Spotted with strawberries in your wife's hand?

OTHELLO

I gave her such a one; 'twas my first gift.

IAGO

I know not that; but such a handkerchief--

I am sure it was your wife's--did I to-day

See Cassio wipe his beard with.

OTHELLO

If it be that--

IAGO

If it be that, or any that was hers,

It speaks against her with the other proofs.

OTHELLO

O, that the slave had forty thousand lives!

One is too poor, too weak for my revenge.

Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, Iago;

All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven.

'Tis gone.

Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell!

Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne

To tyrannous hate! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught,

For 'tis of aspics' tongues!

IAGO

Yet be content.

OTHELLO

O, blood, blood, blood!


In Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona's handkerchief was like an extension of herself and became an important symbol of her fidelity. Other small square pieces of cloth have played significant roles in the history of communication and interaction in the world of fashion and dress.