IN THE SOFT FORM OF TRADITIONAL GARMENTS AND TEXTILES, MY COLLECTION REPRESENTS THE SURVIVAL OF ANCIENT SEED AND DESI FIBRES MADE IN WAYS THAT HAVE EXISTED IN THE NOMADIC AND WEAVING COMMUNITIES IN INDIA FOR CENTURIES EVEN MILLENNIA.

Every garment varies slightly as each one is hand loomed & hand sewn completely, also naturally dyed.

Subtle variations in shades and imperfections are part of its intrinsic beauty. Each a collective expression of the many hands they passed through within the communities.

A black and white image of an interior space with a couch, a chair, and a lamp.

hand stitched indigenous kala cotton

earth resonance - heirloom cotton, peace silk, nomadic wool

living lineage of artisans

pastoral and nomadic communities

Mahatma Gandhi defined Khadi not merely as cloth, but as a philosophy of self-reliance, sustainability, and empowerment, "the sun of the village solar system". He believed it represented a, "conscious, honest, and humble life".

khadi - hand spun, hand loomed