Design, Designers, Fashion / Trends, Interviews, Conversations, Luxury
Interview with Designer Sonam Dubal
Nath, Deeksha
October, 2017
| Recognizing the role traditional handlooms and designs play in contemporary fashion, we are starting a series of interviews with fashion designers. We ask a set of questions to which the designers send their responses. We will intersperse these with interviews with the crafts persons to get both sides of the process being examined. |
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We understand that you employ craft techniques and processes in your collections. Which craft techniques have you worked with and why these specific craft forms?
Sanskar as a collection celebrates the traditional through styles which have a seamless fusion of eastern traditions with western aesthetics. Since launching my label in 1999 I have incorporated various craft techniques in my collections.The principal fabric used is a hand woven traditional textile - colloquially termed as burrey - woven in south Assam .With this I also use silk chanderi , raw silks brocade and hand woven cottons. Fabrics are layered and embroidered both by hand and machine-Beadwork with old turquoise, |
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