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Indian designers showcase apparel from recycled turbans and heirloom saris at Redress Design Award

Recycled turbans turn couture, courtesy designer Pavneet Kaur who is one of the 10 finalists at the Redress Design Award 2023 that was announced recently. “The material from the turbans, made of cotton and silk, is double-and triple-layered for durability,” says the designer who holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Fashion Design from Pearl Academy’s Delhi-West campus. This collection was also …

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Recently, while attending an event in Mallorca, Spain, I spotted a foreigner wearing a tulsi bead necklace. This is what I see happening at The Offbeat Sari exhibition at London’s Design Museum, on Kensington High Street. It is an interesting perspective because it turns the whole sari story around, rooting the historical garment in today’s contemporary experiments and points of …

For sari revivalist Vinay Narkar, the six-yard and nine-yard unstitched drapes are not merely a piece of cloth but a repository of India’s tradition of native weaves and patterns that showcase the unmatched skills and creativity of the subcontinent’s weaving communities. Designs from the Deccan Vinay first came across the word motichoor while reading Ukhane, in which a bride introduces …

When you work in fashion, attending galas and red carpet events are con- sidered the perks of the job. Often referred to by contemporary Indian fashion designers as a “concept sari”, fashion purists in India considered my choice “fashion blasphemy”. Whether they are textile-first brands like Raw Mango and Abraham and Thakore, who have played with motifs on handloom saris; …

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Red Lilies, Water Birds: The Saree — In Nine Stories has been put together by The Registry of Sarees, a Bengaluru-based research and study centre that enables design, curatorial and publishing projects in the area of handspun and handwoven textiles. And Red Lilies, Water Birds feeds the curatorial path TRS has embarked upon,” said Ahalya Mathan, founder of TRS. The …