Oats & Rice

Oats & Rice founder Shiyi created the company in 2015, short after graduating from Winchester School of Art in the UK. She threw herself into the traditional textile business with outpouring curiosity and passion. In the Kawashima Textile School in Kyoto, she studied kasuri (ikat) weaving technique. She also trained under a watchful eye of a Japanese shifu weaving master to grasp the art of turning paper into thread.

Her textile journey took her to Inner Mongolia, where she envisioned the sustainable cashmere supply chain they use today.