What: Looms Weaves & More’s Spring-Summer Edit, with The Telegraph
When: February 22-24; 11am-8pm
Where: Keshari Devi Kanoria Hall, 123 Southern Avenue
What to Expect: Promoted by Aesthetique, Looms Weaves & More is a forum that boasts of many National Award-winning craftsmen and designers who work closely with weavers. Its latest Spring-Summer Edit, in association with The Telegraph, will host 37 participants from different regions of India who will present their local weaves and crafts. The show will comprise a wide range of fabrics and textiles, and feature saris, apparel, home linen, handcrafted jewellery, accessories and home décor. Promising a haven for handloom and handicraft lovers, the display will comprise an array of Indian weaves and prints, including kutchi, indigo, ikat, kotpad, Assam weaves, kalamkari, telia, bandhej, shibori, batik, ajrakh, bagru and dabu prints. Bengal cotton and linen, kantha on natural fabrics, Dhakai jamdani weaves, bags, home linen, apparel, yardage, shawls, stoles and mekhla chadors in traditional weaves will also be a part of the handloom and handicrafts showcase.
Organiser Speak: “Looms Weaves & More has become a way of life for us. We had conceptualised this show to provide a networking and marketing platform to weavers, craftsmen and homegrown designers across India and now it has catapulted into a well-oiled machine where participants make tangible sales and take home profits. It gives us immense pleasure to have been able to make an impact on the weaver community,” said Sanchita Ghosh, co-curator, Looms Weaves & More.