About Shishu Vastra
Shishu Vastra is a homegrown Indian label making everyday clothes for babies and small children. Not occasion wear. The things a child actually lives in: co-ord sets, rompers, frocks, sleepsuits.
Most of what we make is cotton or muslin, because those are the fabrics that work in this climate. Muslin has an open weave that moves air, which matters through a Delhi May or a Chennai August. Cotton is firmer and survives the floor time that comes with crawling. Both take the constant washing that a baby's clothes get, which is a bigger factor in how long a garment lasts than most people expect.
We price for how quickly children outgrow things. A baby can move through a size in six weeks in the first year, and a wardrobe that has to be replaced that often should not cost what it costs at a department store.
How we think about sizing
Age labels are a blunt instrument. Indian babies vary widely — a six-month-old can weigh 6 kg or 8.5 kg — and no two brands size the same way. So we publish weight and height for every size we stock rather than asking you to trust the label on the tag.
If a size does not work, message us and we will sort out an exchange. Getting the size right is the single most useful thing we can do for a customer, and it is worth the trouble on our side.
Where we are going
We are building this slowly and in-house. The catalogue grows when we find something worth adding rather than to fill a category page, which is why some age ranges are deeper than others. We would rather tell you what is genuinely in stock than pad a page.