Category Fashion

Swikruti Pradhan, a fashion designer, researcher, and founder of Rustic Hue, has committed her career to preserving India’s rich textile heritage. From her early fascination with Odisha’s handloom traditions to her research on cultural sustainability, she has become an advocate for slow fashion and traditional crafts. Swikruti Pradhan has received several prestigious awards, including the SustainableNXT Awards 2024 for Social Champion of the Year, SustainableNXT Awards 2023 for Maximum Impact on Community, and India's Best Design Project 2022 for Textile Design, recognizing her outstanding work in promoting sustainable fashion and traditional Indian textiles. In this exclusive interview, Swikruti shares her journey, insights, and the challenges of reviving age-old techniques in today’s fast-paced fashion industry.

Tangerine, a unique bio-jewellery brand, is evolving the jewellery landscape with its innovative approach to sustainable design. Founded by young designer Shristi Ghunawat, Tangerine is redefining the benchmarks in jewellery design by incorporating an unexpected yet ingenious element: nature. At the core of Tangerine's designs lies an exquisite use of spices & seeds, skilfully coated with gold to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces that hold deeper meaning for its consumers.

One should make sustainability a part of their lives. You adopt sustainability into your lives once you realize the offset of everything you do. It should not be an afterthought.

It’s not every day that one encounters young women who defy family and societal expectations to pursue their true passions. MOSAIC had the pleasure of connecting with Asti and AnuBhagat, two dynamic sisters who, apart from managing their family’s hospitality business in Kolkata, have successfully established KhatKhat Handlooms —a homegrown brand dedicated to creating unique Kantha sarees. The brand is deeply committed to preserving this traditional art form while ensuring that the weaver community is fairly compensated for their intricate and labour-intensive work.

“That’s why every product we offer is handcrafted, and we work with artisans from all over India—Rajasthan, Orissa, the Northeast, and more. Everything is made by hand, and even the processes we use are sustainable.”

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Sustainability matters for many brands, and a few propagate it overtly, too. We say sustainability is best adopted when one owns it loud and proud.