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 ...

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has ...

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” ...

Today, on National Handloom Day, it is almost customary to laud the Indian handloom traditions and celebrate the goodness of handmade at home. Handlooms have always been in focus, in a country, as ...

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 ...

Moving away from the realm of being perceived as boring or old-fashioned, handlooms are getting an eclectic makeover, giving them back the place that they always held – the top. There is a growing ...

The Ministry of Textiles and NIFT unveiled the "Vishwa Sutra" collection at the 61st Femina Miss India in Bhubaneswar, ...

Handloom Design Resource Centres: Boost to handloom industry in India! The Indian handloom industry dates long back and is known for its uniqueness and rich artisanship. Now, the Union Ministry of ...

The Union Ministry of Textiles is setting up a design resource centre at the weavers’ service centre in Chennai. According to an official press release, the Ministry has taken up new initiatives to ...

HYDERABAD: To help the handloom weaver community in the state, tech giant Microsoft India on Saturday launched a new e-commerce platform, re-weave.in, under its Project ReWeave. The new website ...