Indagare Souk
A cotton and indigo dress from India’s Injiri.
Twelve years ago, the Indagare Souk brought together two passionate travelers and collectors, Melissa Biggs Bradley and Marcella Echavarria, in a cultural event that took place in New York City. They presented handmade clothing and home goods from their favorite artisanal sources. People still talk about it with admiration.
On Wednesday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m ET, the souk comes back with a special edition focused on three distinctive visions of India, with a selection of heirloom pieces curated by lifestyle specialist and textile curator Marcella Echavarria, exclusively for Indagare. Shop for limited edition jackets and fine silks, indigo pieces, handsewn clothing and the finest embroidered pieces of cashmere
Wednesday, April 28th, 10:00 a.m ET
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Kashmir Loom
Asaf's passion for textiles started when he was 15 year’s old, as an apprentice to his uncle, a collector of the finest old carpets in Srinagar, Kashmir. Growing up surrounded by these beautiful carpets, he learnt a great deal about them. That's how he happened to meet Jenny Housego an avid collector of old carpets. In her quest to learn more about where and how the fiber from the Changra goats of Ladakh region was spun and woven into beautiful cashmere shawls, she turned to Asaf who being of an enthusiastic and curious nature, was more than happy to embark on that journey. That was the beginning of Kashmir Loom 18 years ago, and Asaf has been instrumental in realizing its vision as co-founder ever since. The textiles of Kashmir Loom reach back hundreds of years to nearly forgotten techniques still practiced with in intricacy and exactness that is to be marveled at.
Injiri
Chinar Farooqui is a textile and garment designer based in Rajasthan, India. Her passion lies in studying traditional textiles and folk costumes, as well as the stories behind them. Founded in 2009, her label Injiri is an outcome of her interests in traditional textiles and dresses. "Being a student of textiles, I love the hand-loom. It is more about celebrating the entire process of hand-weaving - and the clothes are actually little stories about the textiles. Farooqui's design does not intend to follow seasonal fashion. "The design that one finds in my products are mainly the textile designs which are incorporated while weaving a piece of fabric on the loom like selvedge, borders, cross borders, and weaving patterns. I use the hand-woven fabric for clothes in such a way that the textile design becomes evident and it also becomes the most important design feature of that garment." "The inspiration for most of the garments comes from local dressing styles of rural India and other folk cultures from around the world. It is the simplest work clothes of peasants, farmers and common man that inspires me the most.”
Raw Mango
Raw Mango draws from the colors, philosophies and cultures of India to create a unique voice, questioning the heritage of the past without throwing it away, and imagining the future not as a land of machines, but as a place where the five senses still hold sway.
With roots in craft and community, Raw Mango's relationship with handloom began in 2008 as an investigation of possibilities. As a design house it continues to create new conversations within textile, tradition and identity through a range of saris, garments and objects. Created with karigars across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Varanasi, Raw Mango's designs innovate upon century old skills in pursuit of defining a new aesthetic vocabulary.
Growing up in the village of Mubarikpur, Rajasthan - designer Sanjay Garg's appreciation for aesthetics began with the sensibilities of rural India. His unique textile language was realized through his work in Chanderi, enabled by the Textile Ministry and weavers of Madhya Pradesh. His innovations are grounded in tradition and suffused with opinions rooted in India's dynamic cultural and political landscape. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Craft & Design, and the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Garg is a vocal textile advocate whose designs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London).