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#HandloomEveryday: ‘Handmade textiles are the greatest form of luxury’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

#HandloomEveryday: ‘Handmade textiles are the greatest form of luxury’ | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

New Delhi |Published: August 8, 2019 5:10:12 pm

#HandloomEveryday: ‘Handmade textiles are the greatest form of luxury’

The panellists included the doyen of the style world, Ritu Kumar, sari historian Rta Kapur Chishti, designers David Abraham and Madhu Jain and master-printer Ramkishore Chippa Derawala, who discussed the topic ‘Can our Handloom Heritage of the Past by a Springboard to the Future?’



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FDCI had also curated a temporary exhibition of handloom crafts of many Indian states at the Crafts Museum. (Source: Getty/Thinkstock Images)


National Handloom Day, celebrated on August 7 every year, saw leading fashion experts come together to discuss possible opportunities and ways to create more jobs for weavers across India. The discussion, which initiated the hashtag #HandloomEveryday to urge people to adopt handloom for daily wear, took place at Crafts Museum in New Delhi, in collaboration with Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Ministry of Textiles.

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