Araia
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⊹ The Story

We didn't want to be
like everyone.

ARAIA is a Thai handmade brand born out of boredom — bored of clothes that all look the same, bored of brands afraid to be strange.

photo of John
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⊹ Founder

Jayjay.

Ex-programmer who worked in India and Japan. Harajuku changed everything — a street where everyone wears whatever they are, no rules, no frame.

Left it all behind to study fashion back in Thailand, starting from zero — hand-sewing, learning to stitch, embroider, and paint fabric.

ARAIA is the result of that resolve — "make clothes that make people shout "araia?""

The brand mascot is "John" — the studio dog, the main inspiration behind it all.

⊹ Philosophy

Where's nothing right.
Where's nothing wrong.
Where we be what we want.

We believe fashion is not a rulebook — it is the voice of anyone bold enough to be themselves. Every piece is hand-sewn, takes time, and carries detail a machine cannot.

⊹ Craft

How a piece
gets made.

01

Dead Stock Hunt

Japanese deadstock + cotton twill + denim — chosen roll by roll, never restocked.

02

Cut & Stitch

Cut and sewn by hand. Asymmetric / melting silhouettes a machine cannot make.

03

Appliqué · Embroidery · Paint

Mascot mouth/tongue/eye detail — embroidered, appliquéd, and hand-painted one piece at a time.

workshop photo
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stitch close-up
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paint detail
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⊹ The Mascot

Meet ไอ้จ้อน.

Tongue, mouth, eyes — the signature that repeats across the whole collection. The mascot is the brand’s voice — see it and you have to shout "araia?"

Named after the studio dog John — a small inside joke stitched into every piece.

See the John Series →

Now go pick
your piece.

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