Meet The Makers
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SoulWeaves
SoulWeaves, established in 2016, is a distinguished brand born from extensive fabric research and thoughtful planning. Traversing India—from the serene landscapes of Leh to the vibrant streets of Karnataka, Rajasthan,...
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KaleNele
KaleNele, derived from the Kannada words "Kale" meaning art and "Nele" meaning shelter, embodies its mission to provide a sanctuary for nurturing traditional crafts and artisans. Founded with a vision...
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Beads
BEADS, the Bhubaneswar Experimental Art and Design Studio, radiates a profound commitment to interweaving Odisha's rich narratives and artistic legacies into contemporary lifestyles. Guided by the eminent artist Jagannath Panda,...
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Eco Kaari
Eco Kaari is committed to giving back to the communities where weavers and artisans live and work, to bring a meaningful positive change through empowerment programs. EcoKaari's Upcycled-Handcrafted fabric is...
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The Bhuj Collection by Flourish
Experience the cultural convergence in "The Bhuj Collection" by Flourish. From the historic Ajrakh craftsmanship and inspired by the diverse traditions of Kutch, this collection is a tribute to empowerment....
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Batti & Co.
Founded by Faaizah Husain in 2020, Batti & Co. has emerged as a beacon of ethical luxury, dedicated to curating exquisite vegan and cruelty-free products that epitomize wellness and mindfulness....
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Without
WITHOUT, a pioneering social enterprise, is dedicated to revolutionizing recycling through cutting-edge technology and scientific advancements. Focusing on the daunting challenge of post-consumer metalized multi-layered plastic packaging (MLP), traditionally deemed...
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Varnan
From humble beginnings with two women driven by a desire to give back to their community, Varnan has blossomed into a thriving business venture. Meaning "Narration," Varnan is dedicated to...
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LivBio
As a social enterprise dedicated to promoting sustainability in everyday life, they tirelessly advocate for Simple Food, Sustainable Clothing, and Simple Home practices. Their mission revolves around educating individuals about...
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Ocau
Ocau emerges from a deep-rooted passion for fashion, conceived by visionaries from NIFT who witnessed the rigorous intricacies of garment creation firsthand. Distinctively, Ocau champions the ethos of sustainability and...
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Kosala
In the heart of Chhattisgarh, the Kosala Livelihood and Social Foundation, led by the visionary Hindalco, stands as a stalwart champion of the Kosa silk craft cluster. Dedicated to preserving...
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Loophoop
In 2021, the visionary Mrs. Kanchan Bhadani launched Loophoop, driven by a fervent dedication to social entrepreneurship. Specializing in the creation of handmade crochet toys, Loophoop stands as a testament...
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Craft Speaks
Craft Speaks works with artisans, individuals or collectives, and provides avenues for not only scaling their enterprise through market linkages, but also enables them to become streamlined and scale in...
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Prashanti Foundation
This foundation actively supports planet protection by promoting the utilisation of Banana fibre products, which involve incorporating Textile and Banana fibre in their production process. The adoption of handloom fabric...
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Authentic Karnataka
In 2019, the concept of AUTHENTIC KARNATAKA started taking shape. However, it was the COVID-19 lockdown that accelerated the collective effort. The pandemic highlighted the need to support artisans, thus...
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Kalapuri
Kalapuri is a social enterprise engaged in developing a network of artisans, workers, and micro-entrepreneurs capable of producing high-quality handicrafts.It is a step towards reviving Indian handicrafts and the artisans...
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Prathaa
Prathaa is a celebration of India's textile heritage, offering exquisite, handcrafted fabrics that blend tradition with contemporary fusion fashion. With a focus on showcasing unique weaves and designs, Prathaa embodies...
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Kullvi Whims
Kullvi Whims is a social enterprise based in Naggar, a village in Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Irida Naturals
Irida Naturals, founded by Sooraj and Sanjana, showcases their deep commitment to sustainability. The brand focuses on retailing eco-conscious homeware and kitchenware, presenting environmentally friendly choices that uphold quality and...
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Tenacious Bee Collective
Tenacious Bee is a Collective of beekeepers and nature lovers that operate in pristine mountain ecosystems, ethically harvesting raw, unpasteurized honey, seeking from and adding to traditional mountain wisdom. Learning...
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Kattoos By Pipal Leaf
Kattoos Miniature Terracotta Bricks are hand-crafted, high-quality, reusable, miniature bricks made from 100% natural baked clay. Produced by Pipal Leaf, these miniature bricks inspire, educate and entertain.
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The Good Doll
The Good Doll is the market-linking arm of a social enterprise ecosystem anchored by Indian Yards Foundation in The Nilgiris mountain range in southern India.
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Ohrna
Ohrna’s mission is to generate income and meaningful work for women who have not had an opportunity to learn a skill, and to celebrate heritage crafts.
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Effy
The name ‘Effy’ comes from the word ‘effervescent’ meaning lively and enthusiastic, which represents the vibrance and pep that the brand transpires through their clothing. Effy is armed to innovate...
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Amalgam
Amalgam is a women-led, sustainable fashion enterprise. They aim to empower artisans from all levels of society, and their artisanship appreciates the upcycling process, which it reflects in every clothes...
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Forest Green
Incubated by Industree Crafts Foundation in 2021, Forest Green is enabling an inclusive ecosystem to facilitate socio-economic opportunities and building sustainable livelihoods for women and youth in forest fringe areas...
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Svatva
Svatva is bringing forward rural women to venture into the small village based businesses, where many of the women of these villages are either involved in small scale farming, small...
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Craftizen
Craftizen Foundation was founded in 2014 with a vision to preserve and evolve Indian craft skills so that they remain an integral part of our cultural fabric.
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Ecoshi
Ecoshi was born as an idea to contribute towards saving the environment with eco-friendly product design by designer Ayushi.
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Samuday Crafts
Samuday Crafts is a rural artisan brand that focuses on developing a forward linkage platform and a medium for artists and craftsperson’s to interact with customers and sell directly to...
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Punarjeevana
Punarjeevana is working towards reviving local weaves, local skills, training and empowering women artisans in the region.
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See Sow
See Sow arose from a shortage of resources for instilling positive mental health in children, particularly during and after the pandemic.
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EkiBeki
Ekibeki is a social enterprise which works to preserve the rich craft heritage of India through awareness, design and market interventions.Their vision is to revive the folk arts and crafts...
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Jaggery
Jaggery is a social enterprise that uses bags as a powerful tool to advance social equity, climate action, and economic resilience. They create handcraft purposeful products like functional bags, cases,...
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Solayi
Solayi is an Indian artisanal jewelry brand based out of Jaipur. It was created with a desire to create unique accessories and jewellery.
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Black Baza Coffee Co.
Black Baza Coffee Co. is an interdisciplinary specialty coffee roastery. They facilitate meaningful and empowered market experiences for smallholder coffee growers. The grassroots work builds on traditional ecological knowledge and...
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Aadyam Handwoven
Aadyam Handwoven is a corporate social initiative of the Aditya Birla Group. They are working with the weaver communities in India to create a self-sustaining ecosystem for the artisans of...
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Merakus
‘Merakus’ is derived from the word Meracus, which means Pure, and it is also the essence of the brand.
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Padukas Artisans
Padukas Artisans combine traditional crafts, (Patchwork Quilting, Warli Painting, Basket making, Fabric Jewelry and Toy Making), with modern design elements.
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Sepia Stories
Sepia Stories is a sustainable fashion clothing brand promoting conscious consumption.
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Kaisori
Kaisori is a celebration of Indian culture and storytelling as seen through ancient crafts.
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Himadri Hans Handloom
“Himadri-Hans Handloom” (HHH) is an initiative of The Hans Foundation, a non-profit organization, working in collaboration with the Government of Uttarakhand.
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Diti
The word “Diti” in Sanskrit means an idea, splendor and earth goddess.
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Dhatu Design Studio
This classic menswear label seamlessly decodes utilitarian designs with its minimalist and purpose-driven design approach: reimagining the realm of contemporary fashion.
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Dhaaga
Born from the spirit of living with less, “Dhaaga” is an environmentally and socially conscious brand that unifies comfort with beauty and community while following a zero plastic and zero-waste...
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Bindu Giri
Bindu Giri works with heavenly silks, exquisite Kanchivaram weaves, Ikats, Jamdanis, and more
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Arture
Arture is a brand of sustainable and vegan lifestyle accessories, based in Chennai.
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Agro Composites
Agro Composites have a range of eco-friendly, anti-microbial tableware.
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Miko Lolo
Miko Lolo strives to create a sustainable clothing alternative, wrapped in colourful prints, inspired by exciting themes.
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Minus Degre
Minus Degre is a design firm that plays around with plastic waste, crafting household products, furniture and art objects.
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Kilmora
Kilmora is Kumaun Grameen Udyog’s (KGU) product brand. KGU works on sustainable livelihoods in rural Kumaon in the Uttarakhand Himalayas.
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Ecokaari
EcoKaari is committed to giving back to the communities where weavers and artisans live and work, to bring a meaningful positive change through empowerment programs.
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The Mango Tree
The Mango Tree combines a love for sustainable design and generating livelihoods for women in rural India.
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Sole Stories
Sole Stories hopes to be an extension of a conscious lifestyle choice, that moves towards seeing fashion as an expression of self; as part of a greater whole rather than...
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Lotus Veda
Lotus Veda is all about handmade fabrics, home textiles, & sustainable clothing.
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Asan
Asan is a social venture with a mission to eradicate period poverty across the world.
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Paperwings
PAPER WINGS is an environment-friendly product brand that endorses unique, upcycled, and sustainable products for everyday use.
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Chambray and Co.
Inspired by nature and captivated by the city, Chambray & Co.
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Treewear
TreeWear's aim is to create products that are good for people as well as the planet.
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Mura Collective
Mura Collective was started in 1998 by Kusum Tiwari and Prabha Gahtori, as a response to experiencing the lack of workplaces for women and people with special needs.
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Wear Equal
Wear Equal is India’s first upcycled intimate wear brand for women.
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Anantaya
An interdisciplinary award-winning lifestyle design studio and enterprise committed to the development of ideas using traditional crafts.
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Fairkraft Creations
The Fairkraft Creations brand stands for quality, safety, and great design.
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Rangsutra
RangSutra is an artisan-owned organization that was founded in 2006 with a vision to create economic opportunities for marginalized rural artisans in India.
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Umang
Umang or the Mahila Umang Producer Company started as a producer company forged by SHGs.
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Bun.kar Bihar
Bun.Kar Bihar is the retail brand of Srijani Foundation launched in October 2018. The goal was to showcase the pure hand skills of rural communities of spinners, weavers, and embroidery...
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Clan Earth
Clan Earth has handcrafted completely plastic-free, cruelty-free, stylish & super-functional carry accessories such as backpacks, wallets, purses, etc.
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Whe
WHE stands for Women, handcrafted & Eco-friendly. A design-driven ethical fashion brand, it was started in the year 2020 with the goal to connect the artisans to the end market. WHE...
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P-TAL
P-TAL or the Punjabi Thathera Art Legacy is built around the belief that “Legacy is not leaving something for people; it is leaving something in people”.
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Blue Lotus
Blue Lotus is an ensemble of next generation entrepreneurs, designers, dyers, weavers, weaver organizations who are fully engaged with and proud of being associated with traditional practices of handcrafting.
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Greenkraft
Incubated by Industree Crafts Foundation, GreenKraft Pvt.
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Potli
Art Bunker, through its Brand POTLI, offers a series of Indian art & craft kits that aim to reconnect children with traditional Indian art, thereby creating awareness and expanding markets...
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Last Forest
Last Forest, registered in the year 2010, is a profit-hybrid institution incubated by an NGO – Keystone Foundation – that provides marketing solutions to primary producer groups and communities that...
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Kubsa
Kubsa uses design as a catalyst for change in the handloom sector in the North Karnataka region.
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Avani
In the remote valleys of the Indian Himalayas, abundant in natural resources but scarce in sustainable rural livelihood opportunities, Avani works with the rural community of Kumaon, part of the...
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Kaarigar Clinic
Kaarigar Clinic is an initiative that works towards rural development by mentoring local artisans to strategically grow their traditional craft practices into self-sustaining businesses
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Lukka Chuppi
LUKKA CHUPPI aspires to bring colors to everyday life with its range of aesthetically appealing and quirky products.