Namrata Zakaria
Gauravi Kumari:“我学到了很多工作the women at the foundation'
Gauravi has introduced the an online and a retail store for the The Princess Diya Kumari Foundation. The foundation encourages Rajasthani crafts and supports the livelihood of local women.
Aadyam's Manish Saksena: 'Indian is not necessarily ethnic'
He is a textile savant as well as a marketing maven. He talks about Aditya Birla Group's social enterprise and homegrown businesses must draw from the villages.
Outhouse designers, sisters Kaabia and Sasha Grewal: 'Our jewellery is for the strong, accomplished woman'
They speak on how to disrupt a market. They launched their jewellery label, Outhouse, a decade ago and it already has five boutiques across India.
Tilfi founders Udit Khanna, Ujjwal Khanna, and Aditi Chand: 'Vagaries of fashion don’t apply to us'
The Tilfi Benaresi sari stands as much for tradition as it does for innovation, believe Tilfi founders Udit Khanna, Ujjwal Khanna, and Aditi Chand.
Shimul Javeri Kadri: 'All good architects have a little schizophrenia'
Shimul Javeri Kadri on capturing the light, the breeze and the zeitgeist through design
Behno's Shivam Punjya: 'I am a vegetarian but wear a lot of leather'
Behno’s Shivam Punjya on the sustainability of leather, and his new brand ambassador – Katrina Kaif
Gaurav Gupta: ‘We are a conceptual fashion label, and people thought I was an alien’
Gaurav Gupta is fresh off Paris Haute Couture week, and the Oscars and Grammys red carpet
Jagvir Matharoo和马蒂诺Caramia:“人来了to our stores for not just a piece of clothing, but a way of life'
What makes Jagvir Matharoo and Martino Caramia connoisseurs of Goa.
Lena Ladakh: 'Women should be better contributors to the economy of the household'
How the pashmina label Lena Ladakh became an all-woman start-up.
Top Notch | Klove Studio's Prateek Jain and Gautam Seth: 'Our pieces are designed to bring you beauty, or peace'
A New York showcase and a baby, Klove Studio’s Prateek Jain and Gautam Seth have had their most significant year yet.
Top Notch | Vikram Goyal: 'I knew I wanted to do something indigenous and soaked in excellence'
Vikram Goyal on why India's design language and craft techniques are always golden
Top Notch | Tarang Arora: 'All western jewellery looks the same; Indian jewellery has 8-9 craftsmen working in tandem'
Akanksha and Tarang Arora, the next-gen of Amrapali, on telling indigenous stories
Top Notch | India Art Fair director Jaya Asokan: 'I think 2023 will be the best year for the Indian art market'
Jaya Asokan, director of the India Art Fair, on how her event promotes art, inclusion and activism equally.
Top Notch | Heirloom Naga's Jesmina Zeliang on why being profitable means supporting more indigenous women
The loin loom gives liberty to women to weave as per her wish, she really is the master of her own work.
Top Notch | Anavila Misra: 'Linen is not a native textile so using it on a sari meant giving the sari a global language'
Designer Anavila Misra on how her blockbuster saris are an impact-driven social enterprise.
Top Notch | Fabindia group head Dipali Patwa on how the company is India's biggest artisanal brand
She says, "‘We understood what ‘vocal for local’ was very early on."
Top Notch | Gaurav Jai Gupta of Akaaro: 'I'm definitely not a fashion designer'
Gaurav Jai Gupta of Akaaro explains how is hand-woven metallic saris became all the rage.
Top Notch | Fashion guru Monisha Jaising: 'We make a product that speaks to a modern India'
Fashion guru Monisha Jaising on why multiple generations of women want to wear the same outfit from her label.
Top Notch | Pranav Misra on 10 years of the successful indie label Huemn: Don't think I'm a designer, I'm a storyteller
“Everything came from an idea,” Misra, 38, the CEO and co-founder tells me. “And from hunger. We were essentially two outliers in the fashion system, and we wanted to create something for those that didn’t fit it,” he avers.
Top Notch | Tejal Mathur: 'I look for permanence every time I build'
Tejal Mathur on creating ‘environmentally relevant” spaces.