Barefoot began over 40 years ago when Barbara Sansoni was invited to design cloth for women learning to weave in a convent workshop North of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Today the company she founded has a small team of dedicated designers who work with our own dyers, weavers and skilled needle women.

At Barefoot, design is our commodity and colour is our passion. We create, rather than follow markets and design practical and functional products from our handloom fabrics.

We work almost exclusively with women in small work Centers, most of which are located in the countryside.

The core skills we teach are weaving and sewing along with Organizational
and managerial skills.