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Why Handmade Fabrics & Sarees Are Expensive But Worth It

Handmade sarees, fabrics, and textiles are exquisite and have a vintage, indie aesthetic. They are usually created painstakingly by hand and are safeguarded as a skill that is passed down from gen...

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How Modern-Day Fashion is Infused with a Taste of Traditional Crafts

Fashion changes, so do trends, but there is something that remains constant about these changing trends and fashion and that is aesthetics. For many Indian fashion designers today, the means for a...

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How to Select the Right Saree Blouse for your Body Type

A gorgeous saree is the staple of any Indian woman’s wardrobe. Somewhere between borrowing our mom’s saree for school or college events and designing to start a collection of our own, we have embr...

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10 Gifting Ideas for Raksha Bandhan

The coming of Raksha Bandhan is almost akin to the arrival of a long-awaited shower after several dry months. Just like the first shower of monsoon brings in much relief to the parched soil of the...

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5 Quintessential South Indian Things That are Part of Every North Indian’s life

When the lines ‘coconut mein lassi milake, aajao saare mood banake’ ring in the ears, the crowd goes wild to one of India’s most favorite party songs, Lungi Dance. This song, while demonstrating t...

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5 Prominent Kingdoms of India and Their Crafts

How many times have we marveled at Aishwarya Rai’s wedding outfit and imagined ourselves in a similar getup? How many times have we walked down the streets of Lucknow and longed for those beautifu...

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10 Occasion Wear Trends You Need to Know this Summer

  Decking up for an occasion in this scorching heat can be wearing and might be almost last on the cards. But can we really run away from invitations and festivities for long? Living in a country w...

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Are You a Natural Boho? 7 Traits that Make You One

A pretty colorful picture paints itself on our mind's canvas when one thinks about the bohemian subculture. Free-spirited women dressed in florals with flowy silhouettes, a sense of tranquility a...

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How The Art of Intricate Threadwork – Embroidery has Travelled Across India

In an era where everyone is busy finding a balance in their lives, there are a few people working patiently and laboriously to create handmade treasures for us.  Talking about such treasures, embr...

Top 15 Textile Crafts of India -  An Overview by Fabriclore - Fabriclore

Top 15 Textile Crafts of India - An Overview by Fabriclore

The Indian diaspora of textiles is as vast as an ocean featuring more than 30 fabric crafts spread across 29 states & 7 union territories. With each state nurturing their own textile craft for...