About us

Our Story

Solai began with a simple belief: clothing should feel special.

 

Founded and run by women, Solai is brought to life between our design studio and our atelier in Romania, where a team of talented women artisans carefully create every piece to order.

 

We started Solai because we felt there was something missing from modern fashion. Too much clothing felt disposable. Designed to be worn briefly and forgotten.

 

We wanted to create pieces with character. Garments rich in detail, symbolism, and craftsmanship. Pieces that feel personal from the moment you put them on.


Our Process

Everything we make is produced in our own atelier and made to your measurements. No mass production. No outsourcing. No warehouses full of unsold stock.

 

From the first sketch to the final stitch, every piece passes through many hands before it reaches yours. It's a slower way of working, but we believe it results in something worth holding onto.

Who We Design For

We design for women with a deep love of art, culture, and creativity. Women who see clothing as an extension of their inner world rather than something dictated by trends. They colour every room with their own perspective, follow their curiosity wherever it leads, think independently, dress instinctively, and value authentic expression. The kind of women who are remembered long after they've left the room, not because they demanded attention, but because they possessed something far more compelling: a strong sense of self.

 

We create the kind of pieces that become favourites, collect stories, and stay in your wardrobe for years.



Meet The Team

Nazanin, Designer & Creative Director

Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist and designer Nazanin (نازنین) explores the liminal spaces between the subconscious, mythology and antiquity. Her practice moves fluidly between art and fashion, weaving together existential spirituality, dreamlike surrealism and ancient symbolism with a sensual, otherworldly sensibility. Through her work, she creates evocative worlds where the mystical, the erotic and the primordial converge.

Her aim is to create an emotional landscape and pieces that leave space for the wearer’s own individuality to emerge, becoming a personal expression shaped by their identity, instinct and imagination.

Sarah, Founder and Director

Sarah created Solai with the goal of blurring the line between art and fashion, all whilst using the medium as a tool to combat climate change. Solai was born from a determination to prove that fashion could be exciting and modern as well as ethically-made & genuinely kind to our environment.


These are some of the talented women that cut & sew every piece at the atelier, and Lulu (centre), our Operations Manager who runs our production. Each lady is paid at least a living wage in accordance with the benchmark established by Wage Indicator.


A view of the Danube River in Galati, a few minutes away from the atelier.