Fashion

Zoya Wahi and Nitij Singh started Aslee in 2019 as a way to reach out to communities in a sustainable manner. Today, the eco-friendly brand focuses on products made out of hemp, bamboo and Himalayan nettle.

Meet Mayura Davda Shah, who quit her job in the engineering industry to build MAYU, a sustainable fashion brand that makes eco-friendly leather handbags and other products from waste fish skin.

NIFT graduate Abhishek Pathak, founder of Solar Vastra, aims to scale up khadi production with the help of solar looms and charkhas, providing employment to hundreds of rural women.

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, alumni – Abhinav Dhoundiyal and Vasanthi Veluri started Peoli to promote slow fashion, women empowerment and the use of natural dyes and fibres.

Daniel Syiem's Ethnic Fashion House has not only played a pivotal role in the revival of Ryndia silk, a traditional and eco-friendly fabric, but also ushered in a revolution in Shillong's fashion industry.

Doodlage founded by Kriti Tula is a Delhi based design house that uses discarded waste cloth from factories to create her unique items of sustainable fashion line.

Lucknow-based Greenwear Fashion, founded by Abhishek Pathak, produces a variety of fabrics, including Khadi, woven on solar looms and handlooms, and also creates different types of garments using these fabrics.

From using whole banana plants, bamboo fibre and other plant-based materials, here's how Indian designers are modifying their designs to become more sustainable.

Rainna Goel (15), a class 11 student of Jamnabai Narsee International School, Mumbai has launched an adaptive clothing brand named Cur8ability. She has designed over eight types of clothes including t-shirts, pants, sarees, and dresses.

Namya Parikh (21), a third-year student of Pearl Academy’s School of Design, Delhi, has innovated a biomaterial in her home kitchen that could be a game-changer in the fashion industry.