The Cloth

Pha Khao Ma, and why every run ends.

Pha Khao Ma

Pha Khao Ma is a traditional Thai checked cloth, woven for generations.

In Thailand, it is a working cloth. Knotted at the waist in the fields. Tied into a sling to carry a child. By evening, it dries a face, wraps the day's tools, and begins again tomorrow. One length of fabric, asked to do everything — and it does.

It is the same cloth we use for every pair of Little Cousin pants. Woven tight, in durable cotton. It does not wear thin at the knee. It does not fray at the seams.

Meow and Dae

Behind every pair of Little Cousin pants are two tailors: Meow and Dae Puangthong, working out of Bangkok, Thailand.

They cut and sew each pair themselves. Because the fabric comes to them a little differently each time, no two pieces of cloth are quite the same — so every pair asks something different of them. It's a craft passed down through the family, done with the same care Meow and Dae bring to everything they make.

It's slow work, and it shows. The kind of care that only comes from two hands and a lot of attention.

About Little Cousin

Pants in stock now

  • Child seen from behind on a bush path, wearing purple and pink checked Cousin Pants with a matching checked dress, hat and tote.

    Dusty Kids Fisherman Pants

    Dusty Kids Fisherman Pants

    $50.00 AUD
    $50.00 AUD
  • Child sitting on a bench wearing blue, white and brown checked Cousin Pants with striped panels, UKOO lotion beside him.

    Spike Kids Fisherman Pants

    Spike Kids Fisherman Pants

    $50.00 AUD
    $50.00 AUD
  • Child on a bush path wearing orange, green and white checked Cousin Pants, carrying a stick with a checked tote.

    Tommy Kids Fisherman Pants

    Tommy Kids Fisherman Pants

    $50.00 AUD
    $50.00 AUD
  • Child sitting on a bench wearing blue, white and brown checked Cousin Pants with striped panels, UKOO lotion beside him.

    Spike Big Check Kids Fisherman Pants

    Spike Big Check Kids Fisherman Pants

    $50.00 AUD
    $50.00 AUD