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Khadi Spins A New Yarn |
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2003-10-10
From the home-spun defiance of the fabric of freedom to a modern-day style statement whose pristine genes now find a body in designer jeans... the prodigal has returned. And how! If the exhibition ‘Khadi — The Fabric of Freedom’ held by Martand Singh of Intach UK, in association with the Volkart Foundation last year revealed 108 types of khadi, today, the fabric is definitely the ‘chosen one’ among both desi and videshi designers.
British designer Christine Kim and Japanese designer Yoji Yamamoto have successfully tested this fabric on the fashion runways. ‘‘I am extremely happy with the way khadi has evolved over the years. Khadi is a sensuous, soft and textured fabric. It wears well with age,’’ offers Singh.
Unfortunately, this swadeshi fabric has had to wait for these times of globalisation to stage a comeback. According to designer Raghuvendra Rathore, khadi’s international appeal is growing by the day. ‘‘I recently sent garments made in fine khadi with block prints to New York, and they have done extremely well. Apart from these, I have created khadi saris aprons and also gloves.’’
Adds David Abraham of Abraham & Thakore, ‘‘Martand’s khadi exhibition had 108 different structures of khadi, of which we decided to work with two — one from Bengal which had a finer yarn count and the other from Andhra Pradesh with its coarser yarn count.’
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