Patan Patola to Banarasi: India’s Textile Heritage Gets a Contemporary Fashion Makeover India’s traditional textiles have survived wars, changing fashions, industrialisation and, occasionally, the rather dangerous human habit of deciding that something is “old-fashioned.” Now some of India’s most celebrated weaves are getting a very different treatment. Patan Patola, Bandhani, Banarasi brocade, Kanchipuram silk, Pochampally […]
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