slow fashion

Sisters Taniya & Sujata started Suta with Rs 6 lakh. Today, it’s a Rs 50 Cr saree brand empowering 16,000 weavers. Here's how they did it.

Sushmita Kaneri, a software engineer-turned-social entrepreneur, launched Gullakaari to revive India’s endangered crafts and empower 1,000+ artisans with sustainable livelihoods. She is training them to make functional products through traditional art.

These 5 Indian startups are redefining fashion—blending style with sustainability using recycled plastic, handlooms & ethical practices. Fashion with purpose, for those who care what they wear.

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.

7Weaves Social Pvt Ltd, a small textile company founded by Mandakini Gogoi and her husband, Rituraj Dewan, work with indigenous tribes in Assam’s forests to create a unique social experiment. They’re marrying fashion with preserving the biodiversity of the region through Eri silk production and other eco-friendly practices.

This is no longer restricted to books but involves accessories, utensils, and electronics. These sales are also acting as a medium to dissipate reservations for second-hand clothing.

The t-shirts use low-impact, vegetable-based dyes that produce fewer, and less damaging effluents than those used in chemical dyes. They’re also packed in recycled post-consumer plastic bottles that can be reused as planters.

Not only will your loved ones cherish these, you will also be supporting causes close to your heart.

Promoting fair wages and minimal waste, slow and sustainable fashion demands change in the way we perceive clothing

Tenor Sharlho came to India, on his own, at the age of five. Today he runs a sustainable fashion brand in the country that has come to be his second home.