Fashion is the “tail end” of the work that handlooms have achieved or need to achieve, says designer Ritu Kumar. And rightly so. All the same, if anyone can give this narrative the upward curve it ...

New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Bringing together 200 fashion players on the stage, Moscow hosted the BRICS+ Fashion Summit this month with an aim for a holistic evolution of fashion featuring ...

Weaved with tender loving care is what handloom is all about. Every garment has a story and the imperfections make them all the more personal, inspirable and real. HYDERABAD: Weaved with tender loving ...

"In the heart of North East India, a region celebrated for its breathtaking landscapes, diverse cultures, rich languages, and delectable cuisine, a transformative movement is underway. While this ...

The geometrical, red-and-black patterns on white cotton cloth are unmistakeable. Intricately worked on shawls and stoles, quilts and jackets, this beautiful, traditional hand embroidery known as pohor ...

A model displays an outfit from Paromita Banerjee's Salt of Life collection for Spring/Summer 2016. There is something deeply imbalanced about the handloom fuss that currently rages as the “top trend” ...

The National Handloom Day is of historical significance as it marks the launch of the ‘Swadeshi’ Movement on August 7, 1905. Modi said innovative design backed by good marketing is essential to ...

KAKINADA: Collector H Arun Kumar underscored the need to protect the handloom sector, on which a large number of people depend for their livelihood, by encouraging people to buy hand-wooven clothes, ...

Sri Lanka needs to strengthen its design and promotion capacities and ensure that its handloom designs continue to have that special identity, an international design expert has said. “Sri Lanka has ...

Once a heritage industry kept alive by the sheer will and talent of our weavers, handlooms have made a comeback with the appreciation for slow fashion. Among the efforts being taken to revive the ...