flow of tradition

Concept weaving inspired from flow of water.

Basically inspired from typical indian saree borders.

The concept is basically used for jacquard weaving.

Concept-A

Concept-B

rAw mango: sAnjay gArg

Sanjay Garg founded Raw Mango in 2008. He grew up absorbing colors of traditional textiles in a festival-rich village in Rajasthan. He studied textile design at NIFT Delhi. Sanjay works out of Delhi but spends a lot of time with his craftsmen. He believes in respecting their skills and experience rather than forcing them into new techniques thus helping to get the finest results.

Raw mango is a contemporary Indian hand-woven textile crafted using traditional techniques. Presently we sell saris, fabrics and stoles. These products reflect the skill sets of more than 150 craftsmen employed by raw mango.

Raw mango was born out of a thought to re-look fashion and design without any preset notions. We do not believe our designs need to be kitschy to be Indian. Our colors and designs find its roots in Indian philosophy and traditions. Raw mango is not just about the designs but also about a larger program that has managed to uplift an entire community by creating a new value for an existing and ignored product. Handloom saris, though worn by a large number in India, remains an area perceived to have little scope for new explorations; We have adapted traditional designs to make them simple, sophisticated and distinctly contemporary, thereby creating a fresh new aesthetic that is both indigenous and modern. We sell through various exhibitions and at high-end stores in different parts of India. Our growth in the last two years as a testimony of the their patronage and the potential of the niche category of contemporary hand-woven textiles.

 

Sanjay Garg

RAHUL MISHRA

RAHUL MISHRA

Young Fashion designer pass-out from NID, has something to give back to society & is one 

who thinks about our rich Indian tradition.

in his words;

Design

"It is for the people, of the people, by the people.

I believe the best way for an Indian designer to make it big is by being Indian in his approach.

Dior is very French. Armani is truly Italian. I showcase the splendour of Indian fabric and design.

I don’t believe in over designing.

While designing, you are tempted to put on extra, and that’s when you spoil it.

The best compliment a lady wearing my clothes will get is, “you are looking beautiful”, not “your dress is looking beautiful”.

Clothes should take the personality of the wearer just like liquid takes the shape of its container, not vice versa.

For me, each garment is styled according to the flow and texturing or embroidery on the fabric.

Let the craft lead the way. Tailoring and cutting are important for me.

The last thing I want someone to say is ‘Rahul Mishra is repetitive’."

some of his creations from traditional handloom fabrics from 

Maheshwar, Chanderi & Banaras.

Reference: 

The Taj Magazine Vol 37.No 2