"When I first encountered plant-based alternatives to silk, fabrics created from lotus stems, rose petals, and other botanicals, I knew this was the kind of clothing I wanted for myself."
reflects Katerina Sholkovskaya on her eco-luxury fashion journey.
Like many conscious fashion lovers, she had grown tired of choosing between sustainability and style. Where many remained settled with the system, Katerina saw an opportunity to create a new language of fashion—a plant-based luxury vision for clothing that offered elegance and comfort while staying true to ethical values.
Katruss exists today as proof of that possibility: fashion that unites elegance with nature, style with sustainability, and beauty with respect for all living beings.
A Childhood Connection to Nature
Katerina's connection to the natural world has run deep since childhood. Growing up in a small city, she spent childhood summers in her father's nearby village—building sandcastles, playing hide-and-seek in forests, picking berries.
Katerina Sholkovskaya, Founder of Katruss
She fondly cites her father as the inspiration that taught her balance: how to benefit from what nature offers while honoring it at the same time. That early respect for nature and how we can live in harmony with it became the foundation of Katruss, which continues to guide everything they create today.
In 2019, as Katerina embraced a plant-based lifestyle and witnessed its profound positive impact on her wellbeing, the connection became clear,
"If plants can nurture us from the inside, then wearing them can extend that nourishment from the outside."
Redefining Plant-Based Luxury
Imagine silk-like softness woven from rose petals. Weightless comfort crafted from aloe vera. Structured elegance derived from banana fibers. This isn't compromise, it's expansion. It’s a revelation that sustainability and luxury were always meant to dance together.
When most people think of natural fabrics, they think of cotton or linen. Meanwhile, the premium botanical fabrics Katruss works with has opened up an entirely new world for sustainable luxury fashion.
For too long, sustainable fashion felt like settling. Rustic textures and limited thrift picks meant ethical compromises that asked people to accept less beauty for more conscience. Katerina saw beyond that veil to create something extraordinary: vegan luxury clothing. Easier said than done…
Sugarcane Fabric Emerald Loungewear Set
From Fiber to Finish: A Philosophy of Care
Creating luxury garments from plant-based fabrics requires more than skill—it requires precision and expertise of the highest level. Premium botanical fabrics are complex, lightweight and delicate to handle, demanding individual attention rather than mass production assembly lines.
Every pattern is cut by hand. Every stitch placed with intention. With French seams, each garment achieves a premium finish: edges neatly enclosed, threads hidden, providing both comfort and exceptional quality. Corozo buttons are carved from tagua tree nuts, a sustainable resource. FSC-certified packaging that honors the earth down to the last details.
Finding partners who understood this level of dedication was its own pilgrimage. However, for Katerina, anything less would betray her vision: a holistic philosophy where every element, from fiber to finish, reflects the same care and respect for every fabric of life. It’s a testament that Katruss is about more than just sustainability but offering truly cruelty-free luxury clothing.
A Name That Carries Meaning
The name Katruss tells a story of resilience—the ability to endure, adapt, and flourish like the natural world that inspires it. Woven into the name are threads of Katerina's identity and her connection to her homeland.
Katruss is plant-based luxury fashion with purpose, ensuring that every piece connects the wearer to its unique botanical origins. Delicate aloe vera underwear that feels like second skin. Textured banana fabric loungewear breathes with you. Rose petal sleep dresses flow unlike any traditional silk.
Rose Fabric Silken Glow Sleep Sleep Dress with Open Back
Beyond Garments, A Movement
The vision is to start with shaping a wardrobe fully rooted in botanical fashion, with daywear and accessories planned as the next chapters to unfold. However, Katerina's vision for Katruss stretches far beyond beautiful clothes. From Singapore, she's building Katruss into a global voice for sustainable luxury fashion—reimagining how eco-fashion can be experienced.
Katerina has always believed in the power of community, continuously seeking conscious partnerships with leaders in fashion, wellness, and art worldwide who share her values; all working together to shape a bigger movement towards thoughtful consumption and conscious living.
Banana Fabric Serene Blue Sky Robe Dress
In a world increasingly disconnected from nature, Katruss weaves that connection back into daily life. Each garment creates an intimate bond between wearer and botanical origins—an eco-luxury fashion transformation made tangible.
It’s proof that fashion's most sophisticated language might just be the one nature has been speaking all along… and through Katruss, we're finally learning how to listen.
