Munch Sunrise Habotai Silk Wrap

DESIGNER'S NOTES

An over-sized habotai silk wrap featuring a detail from the work The Sun 1909, by Edvard Munch.

The work is a monumental, radiant painting depicting a blazing sun rising over a fjord, its beams fanning out in bold, rhythmic lines across the sky and landscape. The composition is dominated by vibrant yellows, oranges, and blues, with simplified forms that verge on abstraction.

Painted for the University of Oslo’s Aula, it symbolises enlightenment, energy, and renewal all central themes for both the institution and Munch’s own evolving philosophy. After years of psychological turmoil, The Sun marked a shift in his art toward vitality and cosmic unity.

For Munch, the painting represented the life force itself, an affirmation of nature’s power and a personal vision of regeneration, optimism, and the spiritual strength found in light.

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STYLING

A Fox & Chave habotai silk wrap is a large oversized item with fabulous versatility. It can be draped around the neck as a scarf or worn as a shawl over the shoulders providing a bit of warmth on cooler evenings. It can also double as a stylish cover-up, either tied around the waist as a sarong or draped over the body as a lightweight, breathable layer that provides some protection from the sun while still looking effortlessly chic.