Our Story

Banjanan’ story starts like many great adventures do: unexpectedly, seven thousand miles from home and with a bolt of inspiration.

Print image of Persian Tile Lapis print from Fall 25 collection.

Image of founder of Banjanan, Caroline Weller at the weaving facility in West Bengal. She is holding bunch of colorful yarn for weaving.

The daughter of a magician with an eye for uncommon wonders, Caroline began to weave together inspiration from the rich scenes around her, stories from her far-flung travels across the globe, and fantastic visions from her own imagination to create prints and patterns imbued with wild magic.

The founder of Banjanan, Caroline Weller at a Block printing unit in Jaipur. She is in standing and sampling a block print sample of Shell coral print.

Making prints by hand, or using generations-old looms to spin luxurious, hand designed textiles. Caroline works closely with makers of time-revered craft in Jaipur, giving her creations a timeless, heirloom quality made to last a lifetime of adventures.Banjanan is her collection of wearable works of art, all made the beautifully slow way: by hand.

After so many years in New York, I started to get the feeling everything was becoming so homogenized. But here in Jaipur, it’s the opposite—everything is slow. Some fabrics take weeks or a month to finish, and I thought, ‘What happened to the idea that something worth having is worth waiting for?

- Vogue

THE PERSIAN TILE LAPIS PRINT

The fabric printed image of Persian Tile Lapis print from Fall 25 collection.

The Persian Tile Lapis print from Fall 25 collection.