by pprvallv | Sep 29, 2020 | Textile Articles
Introduction The Indian apparel Industry has incurred around Rs. 1 lakh crore of loss including 50 lakh jobs, as announced by Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI). All textile and apparel related businesses, including small ventures and Indian labels had...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 26, 2020 | Articles, In-Depth Analysis, Sustainability
The fact that most fashion brands use mill-made fabrics over handloom, digital embroidery and printing over hand embroidery and hand techniques is what made NIFT think of ways to encourage traditional Indian handloom, whether in the form of dyeing, embroidery or even...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 20, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Fighting hard to ‘protect’ its brand name from rampant misrepresentation, government owned ‘Khadi India’ has shot off legal notices to over a thousand firms and has now got hundreds of web links selling ‘khadi’ products across e-commerce platforms pulled off. Amazon,...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 11, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
SRINAGAR – Following the success of EPCH and CEPC Virtual Fairs, the Ministry of Textiles is preparing to host another Mega Virtual Show – ‘Textile India 2020’ – in November to put into the global platform the export and business community related to the...
by Priyanka | Sep 2, 2020 | News & Insights
A 21-year-old designer started her own label, Jagriti India, with the intention of helping the weavers of her birth state of Odisha, and also helping everybody perceive traditional fabric and handloom with a new perspective. Launching the brand was not to earn and get...
by [email protected] | Aug 20, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Leader of opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Union government to reverse its decision to abolish the All-India Handicrafts Board and All-India Handloom Board. In his letter, the former chief minister has...
by Prachi | Aug 8, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Indian textiles minister Smriti Irani the previous day released the cellular app and backend internet site for Handloom Mark Scheme (HLM) at the event of country wide handloom Day. She additionally inaugurated the ‘My Handloom’ portal for individual weavers and...
by [email protected] | Aug 8, 2020 | Events Updates, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
In a recent meeting held on the occasion of national hand-loom day on 7th of August. The Northeast India fashion and design council (FNDC) drew attention about how the hand-loom sectors have been subjected to devastating quakes by citizenship amendment act (CAA),...
by Priyanka | Aug 7, 2020 | Covid 19, Fashion, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights, Technical Textiles & Non-Wovens
Face masks are an essential item during this difficult period. Designer masks accompanied with embroidery and different design elements are being celebrated. By contrast, here comes a functional clothing with mask included in the garment itself. CoVest, a smart jacket...
by Preeti Bhimte | Aug 7, 2020 | Apparel, Fashion & Retail, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The celebrations for the sixth National Handloom Day have gone digital this year with the Ministry of Textiles and Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). A week-long campaign is going to be launched to highlight and support the work of weavers, ‘the quiet warriors’....
by Neha | Aug 7, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The handloom sector is one of the major symbols of the cultural heritage of India. Apart from that, it continues to be an important source of livelihood. National Handloom Day: Sixth edition of National Handloom Day to be celebrated via virtual event with a mobile...
by Priyanka | Aug 6, 2020 | News & Insights
India has an abundance of textiles and traditions, gorgeous fabrics and embroidery that Indian designers utilize. However, there is more to a brand or designer label; the people behind it – who make it a success. Weavers, embroiderers and daily wage laborers, who...
