An earlier version of Aakruthi Vastra
| Picture Credit score: V Raju
The Crafts Council of Telangana will host the primary installment of its bi-annual exhibition of textiles and crafts, Aakruthi Vastra. The Sankranti version of Aakruthi Vastra 2025 will welcome guests at a brand new location, the Jubilee Hills Conference Centre, Hyderabad, on January 8 and 9.
The Crafts Council exhibition will welcome handloom patrons. This 12 months too, Aakruthi Vastra will convey collectively weavers and craftspeople throughout India. Alongside the rustle of handwoven saris from craft clusters the exhibition will see textile labels displaying modern Indo-western attire and equipment.
Labels that specialize in eco-friendly fibres and dyes will probably be part of Aakruthi Vastra. Asal will probably be exhibiting ahimsa silk saris and handspun muslin stoles. Ana by Archana Reddy will show kalamkari cotton and bamboo silk Indo-western clothes, and Dyelogue will showcase its assortment of bandhini saris, dupattas and modern put on.
Ek Katha will current batik print clothes and weavers from Pondhuru in Andhra Pradesh will current handspun and handwoven khadi saris. Naturally Anuradha from Assam will current eri, muga and mulberry silk whereas Zuri Market will current sustainable girls’s put on. Ahmedabad’s Rang by Rajvi Godiawala Parikh will showcase handwoven, zero waste clothes. Eco-friendly trend can also be the mainstay for the Arte-Alter label from Kolkata and Delhi-based Bamboo Greens’ house merchandise and clothes.
Look out for Banjara craftspeople displaying luggage in vibrant hues and saris with Banjara needle embroidery. Among the many Hyderabad-based handloom collectives, Creyo will current saris woven by craft clusters throughout Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Kanchi saris from Bengaluru-based label Bhanavi’s, Ahmedabad’s Gamthiwala’s mashroo handloom and block print saris, modern handloom saris from Pradeep Pillai, chanderi from Marm, tussar saris from Kolkata’s Naksha, maheshwar and tussar saris from Roopali Creations, heritage bandhini saris and dupattas from SIDR Craft, ajrakh block printed materials and saris from Sufiyan Ismail Khatri, handblock prints from Jaipur’s Shilpi handicrafts, and handspun tussar silk saris from Odisha’s Vriksh Designs are among the many taking part manufacturers.
(Aakruthi Vastra 2025 – The Sankranthi Edit is on January 8 and 9, Jubilee Hills Conference Heart, highway no. 51, Silent Valley Street, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, 10am to 7pm.)
Revealed – January 07, 2025 02:41 pm IST