2017年08月07日
A saree soiree
The term revival has benefitted traditional weaves in many ways. To support this spirit of revivalism, fashion entrepreneur Rasika Wakalkar is set to organise The Fashion Narrative to celebrate the saree as part of her annual Independence Day offering. Wakalkar has reached out to both weavers and consumers to make the event a grand success.
Wakalkar has also roped in renowned personalities from the fashion world to be part of the event. They are textile historian and scholar Rta Kapur Chishti, art-culture and textile patron Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda, textile designer, researcher and craft revivalist Hemalatha Jain and Mayank Mansingh Kaul, who is a fashion designer, writer and curator of textile history. Handloom saree exhibitions and draping workshops are also on the cards.
However, the event is set to feature discussions beyond the revival angle. Gaekwad’s talk will highlight the role of royalty in fashion. Chishti will offer insights into her long association with weaves and weavers, while Kaul will talk about the metamorphosis of weaves in recent history. Jain, who has spent more than a decade teaching at prestigious fashion and textile institutes, will narrate the story of patteda anchu, a gorgeous chequered weave belonging to South Maharashtra and North Karnataka, whose history dates back to the 10th century.
Jain’s talk will bring to fore the importance of reviving crafts. In her quest to learn more about the patteda anchu, she travelled extensively across Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and finally to Gajendragarh. “It was a wedding saree that was offered to the goddess Yellamma Saundatti, when the daughter of a household got married,” said Jain. “I had heard so much about it, but had never seen one.” But she eventually managed to trace a master weaver who had long since given up weaving. “The weavers I tried to reach out to were either living in the city trying to make a living, or they were selling oil and driving auto rickshaws,” recollected Jain, who also met a devadasi in hopes of finding a piece of patteda anchu.
After finding the master weaver and convincing him to return to the loom, Jain founded a self-help group for the revival of patteda anchu, which today comprises 25 people, out of which 16 are weavers. The saree format of the weave that she revived now retails at premium online stories.
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Wakalkar has also roped in renowned personalities from the fashion world to be part of the event. They are textile historian and scholar Rta Kapur Chishti, art-culture and textile patron Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda, textile designer, researcher and craft revivalist Hemalatha Jain and Mayank Mansingh Kaul, who is a fashion designer, writer and curator of textile history. Handloom saree exhibitions and draping workshops are also on the cards.
However, the event is set to feature discussions beyond the revival angle. Gaekwad’s talk will highlight the role of royalty in fashion. Chishti will offer insights into her long association with weaves and weavers, while Kaul will talk about the metamorphosis of weaves in recent history. Jain, who has spent more than a decade teaching at prestigious fashion and textile institutes, will narrate the story of patteda anchu, a gorgeous chequered weave belonging to South Maharashtra and North Karnataka, whose history dates back to the 10th century.
Jain’s talk will bring to fore the importance of reviving crafts. In her quest to learn more about the patteda anchu, she travelled extensively across Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and finally to Gajendragarh. “It was a wedding saree that was offered to the goddess Yellamma Saundatti, when the daughter of a household got married,” said Jain. “I had heard so much about it, but had never seen one.” But she eventually managed to trace a master weaver who had long since given up weaving. “The weavers I tried to reach out to were either living in the city trying to make a living, or they were selling oil and driving auto rickshaws,” recollected Jain, who also met a devadasi in hopes of finding a piece of patteda anchu.
After finding the master weaver and convincing him to return to the loom, Jain founded a self-help group for the revival of patteda anchu, which today comprises 25 people, out of which 16 are weavers. The saree format of the weave that she revived now retails at premium online stories.
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