Hand-Painted Tahitian Tiare Moana Nui Pareo

37,00 

Moana nui, “the great ocean.” Just reading it, you can already picture the palette: the vastness, the breath, the promise of an endless horizon. There is a blue that cannot be found anywhere else.

The blue of Moorea’s lagoon, when the day is well underway, between noon and afternoon.

The light comes through the pass, hits the water, and everything begins to vibrate: that clear, luminous turquoise, impossible to mistake. It is exactly this shade that is reflected in this turquoise cotton voile pareo. Like all hand-painted Polynesian textiles, it does not copy a color, it retains it.

Neither too green nor too cyan: the blue of the Pacific, the one that seems obvious.

On this basis, the Moorea craftsman has composed a sober and lively pattern: three white tiare flowers, large deep green leaves, and two bright red berries.

Two small touches that bring the whole design to life, like accents in a sentence. The result is clear, airy, and uncluttered. The shapes seem to be suspended, as if floating on the surface of the water.

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Tiare and red berries on the lagoon water

The pattern is painted with a special clothing paint that is resistant to washing. The artisan has worked the veins of the leaves with a fine brush, creating a visual relief on the flat fabric. The petals of the tiare flowers are placed with calculated lightness, and the two red berries anchor the composition at the bottom, like two fruits fallen from a shrub leaning over the water.

This Tahitian pareo, Tiare Moana Nui, created in Moorea, French Polynesia, is a unique piece. The slight variations between each piece are the mark of the artisan’s brush, never identical twice.

Those who like to extend this universe with a discreet piece of jewelry will find in a black pearl bracelet from Bora Bora a natural echo of this Pacific blue.

Material & care

  • Material: Cotton voile, special clothing paint
  • Size: 180 × 110 cm
  • Washing: Machine wash at 30° maximum
  • Drying: Air dry or tumble dry on low heat. Do not hand wash.

The colors of this painted veil may appear slightly different depending on your screen. The turquoise is intense and bright in reality, the white of the tiare is very pure, and the red of the berries is dense and matte.
Shipped from the island of Moorea in French Polynesia.

How to wear your Polynesian pareo

The cotton veil is transparent, so it should always be worn with something underneath, such as a swimsuit, bikini, or shorts, depending on how you plan to wear it. Tied at the waist on the beach or by the pool, it transitions from one setting to another with equal ease.

Be careful with chlorine: rinse quickly with clean water after swimming in the pool to preserve the painted colors.

At home, this turquoise veil also works as a light summer piece, tied over the shoulder as a flowing dress or worn as a shawl on warm evenings. The moana nui background and tiare motifs work just as well in the sun as they do in a bright interior.

Weight0,250 kg
Dimensions20 × 20 × 20 cm

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Hand-Painted Tahitian Tiare Moana Pareo
Hand-Painted Tahitian Tiare Moana Nui Pareo

37,00 

100 in stock