You buy an Aisha Rao due to its superlative design, just as the Tesla, bonus is it’s electric, same way as Hyderabad-based Aisha Rao recycles, creates own fabrics, keeping no room for wastage. This time...
Designer brings the artistry of Kashida, jaali work as Kashmiri paisleys offer engaging textures; Vani Kapoor wears Brahm flower petals recreated in the trail of her aubergine gown, as menswear brings...
Jayanti Reddy believes good tailoring can be just as luxurious as heavy embroidery, balance is key, as she uses lighter base fabrics and strategic embroidery placement to offer brides unlimited comfort.By...
Whether it is Anshula Kapoor, or Suhana Khan, even Natasha Poonawala, Arpita Mehta dressed them in traditional crafts, with a modern twist.By Asmita Aggarwal
“I’m a Gujarati, I grew up around Bandhini...
Offbeat materials has been Rimzim Dadu’s calling, even though she has mastered steel, this ICW, she tells us how she got manipulated by mother-of-pearl.
By Asmita Aggarwal
If you look at Rimzim Dadu’s...
Women from marginalized jhuggis, craft lace pearl flowers for Isha Jajodia’s ICW line, as she offers clay embroidery, metal corsets and lace applique for a quieter, more self-assured bride.
By Asmita Aggarwal
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“Chadti Kala”, optimism in gloomy times, Masaba brings unabashed colour, bold Mughal zari motifs for a bride who has a sense of humour, can laugh at herself in a pineapple-shaped bustier.
By Asmita Aggarwal
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34 years later Valaya misses Bal and his effortless poetry, at ICW his embroideries are more textural than overtly decorative, silhouettes carry quieter confidence; bride should feel elegant, not exhausted...
Falguni and Shane Peacock tell us your Punjabi suit can have a feathery dupatta, and harem salwar, as swans, Taj Mahal and camel safaris motifs frolic on sequinned lehengas; plus your denims can be worn...
From Barmer textiles to Kalighat‘s Pat Chitra Katha, folk art, Anamika Khanna says craft can be minus its ethnicity, as couture offers patchwork, hand painting to gold foiling at the “pearl in the...
Whether it was winning Razzmatazz in Ghungroo back in the 80s, getting Chinar leaves from Kashmir for his show, saying “no” to Bhansali for Saawariya or his love for lotus, Rohit Bal was a trailblazer,...
The grand finale designer Aneeth Arora takes us on a round trip from Swedish pottery Delft, Chinese porcelain to French textiles toile de Jouy at LFW.
By Asmita Aggarwal
It is “finally finale” Aneeth Arora...
Farmer’s son Satendra Singh and Dilip Singh meet Anurag Gupta to showcase their experiments with indigo dyed wool in IIT Delhi paving way for jeans you can wear in winter, keep warm!
By Asmita Aggarwal
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From upcycling leather to using stainless steel as handles for bags, Varshne, the CDC winner with her label Crcle, is telling us being modern is valuing our textiles.
By Asmita Aggarwal
Born and raised...
From unabashedly loving colour, paying tribute to Japanese flowers, to engineering her own mesh-like fabric for LFW, Aisha Rao, hopes to go “green” by being mindful.By Asmita Aggarwal
If you ever see...
Centographs mirror world unrest through camouflage to crochet, cold pigment dyeing, paying tribute to Kantha, crafting arches where you least expect it—on a functional bag at FDCI’s Boys club showcasing...
From burnt orange leather to khadi denim Pawan Sachdeva’s journey in dressing men has been a discovery of sorts-meet the new experimental man, who likes his shirt with zippers, pants with not so useful...
Adding Gond, Warli art, making motifs quirky, weaving magic in handloom clusters of Vidarbha, Shruti Sancheti gives Khadi a new spin to serenade Gen Z with her pret label Across 29.By Asmita Aggarwal
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Emblazoned with seashells, mirrors, colorful threadwork khadi gets a cool makeover with tribal women from Sandur’s deft hand work at the FDCI Khadi showcasing.By Asmita Aggarwal
The beauty of Khadi...
“One day I would like to do something with Kanjeevarams and temple borders,” says Payal Pratap.
By Asmita Aggarwal
Payal Pratap is a mood, a flavour as she was sure when she graduated from...
She is a tour de force in fashion, most sought after but she is wanting to give back generously, by making artisans from various clusters in Gond and Pichwai self-reliant, that’s her mission for the next...
Sohaya Mishra is a 90s girl, she has seen the transformation from Doordarshan to AI, with Chola, she attempts to offer kala cotton with detachable Victorian collars.By Asmita Aggarwal
Goa-based Sohaya...
The veshti has found unadulterated love—now it can be worn with silk kurtas, bandhgala et al, Vivek Karunakaran shows us at FDCI Boys Club show at LFW!
By Asmita Aggarwal
Veshti is in and how! This culturally...
Payal Jain gives us nifty wearable options, Tarun dresses the groom’s extended family in dhotis-pearls, while Pankaj and Nidhi serenade mocha, and Samant Chauhan flirts with sci-fi bejewelled shoulders.
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Craft-soaked Bandhini to experiments with Chikankari, Naushad Ali adds a European influence to Indian textiles serenading a global buyer.
By Asmita Aggarwal
His father is a textile merchant, based in Pondicherry,...
Converting waste into textural garments with a strong sense of identity, Ankur Verma of Til tells us, 3 months to craft one cape, several artisans create magic with just the power of discarded fabrics.
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