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Fashion designer Vaishali Shadangule's latest collection, 'Athaaha', has 'depth' as the central theme, symbolically portrayed through the many layers of colours in the garments, creating the illusion of a background and a foreground...

'Denim' is the modern replica of French serge de Nîmes, a 17th century twill-weave fabric made in Nîmes. Fustian Another European fabric. It is made from a cotton, linen and/or wool blend. Before blue jeans was considered blue jeans, it was known as 'jean' after Genoans, sailors from Italy, wore it. It was in 18th century when jeans was made entirely from cotton, through the slave labour, trade and and massive develpoment of cotton plantations and Frech tailors. It was valued for its durability. Indigo blue, extracted from plants in the Americas and India, became a familiar colour for workwear.\n\n1872: "It started in a letter". It started in 1872 when Jacob Davis gave send an letter Levi Strauss, Jacob Davis was then making riveted clothing for miners in the Reno area. Mr. Jacob Davis had no money to file for a patent and offered Levi Strauss a deal if he would pay for the patent. Levi Strauss, overwhelmed enough, began to make copper-riveted 'waist overalls', and so jeans virus spread widely in Reno and from there, to the whole world.\n\n1886: "Levi's Generation". In 1886, Levi's 'Two Horse Brand' leather patch, showing the garment pulled between two horses to prove its strength, was first used. By 1890 lot-numbers were being used for Levi products: 501 was assigned to copper-riveted overalls.

Textile revivalist and principal designer at the House of Angadi innovates the traditional Kanjivaram saris into silk, linen blend Kanjivarams and khadi Kanjivaramas with a rich sprinkling of ikat-inspired designs and more. Sari enthusiasts, Ar. Brinda Somaya and interior designer and stylist Lipika Sud express their opinion on this reinterpretation of the traditional Indian garment. Read here…

Designers at Bora Da' Designs use nuanced elements of Sindh architecture to chisel raw minimalism in a retail ambiance that sells garments designed with Sindhi cultural influences. Check it out here…

Getting nostalgic about the art of block printing, Dr. Alka Raghuvanshi uses technological windfall to elicit renewed respect for this almost-forgotten traditional craft... Click the link to read more>>

By Ishita Shah Photography: Courtesy Hutheesing Design Company The Durbar Collection of garments by fashion aficionado and royal cultural attaché Umang Hutheesing holds universal appeal in formal and semi-formal evening wear... In a land enriched by its heritage and inherited knowledge, both royal families and rural communities are two segments of Indian society that till date patronize some exclusive practices.