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 […]
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If summer is here, can the mango be far behind? Not just on our plates but also as a motif on textiles and other crafts. The fruit is deeply embedded in our ethos, says Anamika Pathak, in her 2021 dissertation, Mango-kairi-kalka-paisley: Design in Indian Art from Architecture to Textiles. The former curator of National Museum, […]
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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 […]
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The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) is a curious case study of India’s changing relationship with art. Industrialist Abhishek Poddar’s philanthropic initiative to make his formidable collection of art, photography and textiles available to the public took off as a digital platform in 2016. Since then, the museum has launched a series of educational […]
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The seasonally-adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI was up from 55.1 in September to 55.3 in October The seasonally-adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing PMI was up from 55.1 in September to 55.3 in October The growth momentum which has been witnessed by India’s manufacturing sector for the past few months is likely to stay for […]
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From Louis XIV’s vision for Versailles to Balenciaga’s homage to the sari, Inspired by India explores how our textiles and craft impacted global design. But what’s the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation? From Louis XIV’s vision for Versailles to Balenciaga’s homage to the sari, Inspired by India explores how our textiles and craft impacted […]
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A curated version of the iconic exhibition from the 1980s is on at the NGMA in Bengaluru, with the focus on craftsmen and weavers A curated version of the iconic exhibition from the 1980s is on at the NGMA in Bengaluru, with the focus on craftsmen and weavers In 1982, India launched an ambitious ‘Festival […]
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Bengaluru-based S24 Parganas employs aari and zardozi hand embroiderers from the West Bengal district of the same name to craft statement tops, dresses and jackets Bengaluru-based S24 Parganas employs aari and zardozi embroiderers from the West Bengal district of the same name to craft statement tops, dresses and jackets During the first Covid-induced lockdown in […]
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Anavila Misra’s new line that features khadi on jamdani saris and separates celebrates the understated elegance of the weave Anavila Misra’s new line that features khadi on jamdani saris and separates celebrates the understated elegance of the weave Anavila Misra’s new line of saris and separates is called Quiet, alluding to the understated elegance of […]
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Need to watch sustainability of growth as there are supply chain constraints: Texprocil official Need to watch sustainability of growth as there are supply chain constraints: Texprocil official Cotton textile exports, including raw cotton, in 2021-22 were $15.29 billion, according to provisional data available. Manoj Kumar Patodia, chairman of Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil), […]
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