Designer Urvashi Kaur with celebrities and models during her show at Lakme Fashion Week 2024 at Jio World Convention centre in Mumbai, India on March 14. | Photo Credit: Perfect Shadows, FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week and RISE Worldwide In 2008, when Urvashi Kaur started her label, after working with fashion designer Neeta Paul and … Read more
Student designers of FDDI Hyderabad showcase a handloom collection in collaboration with weavers of Karwan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Graduation shows at fashion schools are an indication of the unbridled creative instincts of budding designers. Sans filters that come in later for commercial viability, they showcase the skills of these designers who are unafraid … Read more
Union Textiles Secretary Rachna Shah speaks during an interview with The Hindu at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi on April 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Almost a month after the Centre announced its decision to set up seven mega textile parks under the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) … Read more
“Yes, our quarter-on-quarter growth in HPPC continues to remain strong and we have covered up any loss of customer sale. In terms of margins, if you see consecutively in the entire group, we have been able to increase gross margins and EBITDA margins quarter-on-quarter for the last three quarters,” says Sunil Srinivasan Chari, MD, Rossari … Read more
The gold lame hooded dress in Yves Saint Laurent’s AW/1991 collection was suggestive of sari drapery, while gold encrusted embroidery completed the French designer’s dream of India; (centre) the draped shirt dress by Gianfranco Ferré for SS/2002 reflects his interpretation of the sari, in the spiralling construction, and the many years he spent working and travelling in India … Read more
During the first Covid-induced lockdown in 2020, Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Sosha Thomas received a call from an embroidery artisan in need of help. “He used to work with me earlier, and had lost his job due to the pandemic. He was expecting his first child and did not want to go to his village in West … Read more
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Models sport indigo jamdani on khadi saris by Anavila; the bright-hued saris target the younger clientele | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Anavila Misra’s new line of saris and separates is called Quiet, alluding to the understated elegance of khadi. “Khadi is a way of life,” the designer reiterates, during an interview on the sidelines of … Read more
It is a journey that began when people came to pawn family heirlooms at the jewellers. A sixth-generation jeweler, Ajit Gadgil, couldn’t help but admire the artefacts and realise some of these were rare pieces of craftsmanship and needed to be preserved. He found it impossible to melt these priceless pieces for the metal and … Read more
The Congress on Saturday claimed that the Centre deferred the hike in GST on textiles from 5 per cent to 12 per cent out of fear of losing the upcoming Assembly elections in five states and later in Gujarat, which is a textile hub. Addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad on New Year day, the … Read more
Every region in India has its own distinctive raw materials, craft techniques, textiles, motifs and colour palettes. “A once-nascent conversation about sustainability has evolved into a full-scale priority more so because handloom textiles are a central part of our future,” says Archana Shah in an interview with Vaishali Dar. In a career that spans four … Read more