Nishanth Muraleedharan (Nishani) here , Founder of Save Handloom Foundation and Let me say this upfront— If your entire life is only about earning, eating, upgrading gadgets, and dying comfortably, then biologically you are no different from an animal. Harsh? Yes. Untrue? Absolutely not. Animals work for survival. Humans are supposed to work for purpose. […]
Modern quilts look harmless. Soft. Colorful. Affordable. But many of them are quietly turning our homes into microplastic factories. Quilts made from polyester, nylon, acrylic and other plastic-based fibers don’t just trap heat — they shed plastic. Constantly. Invisibly. Relentlessly. And winter is when the damage peaks. What exactly are microplastics — and why should
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When a luxury giant like Prada knocks on India’s artisanal door, something unusual is happening. This isn’t just another designer throwing a logo on a craft form and calling it “heritage”. This time, Prada has signed an MoU with Indian artisan bodies to produce and sell Kolhapuri chappals in Prada’s global stores starting February 2026.
Prada Wants Kolhapuris: A Historic Collab or a High-Fashion Hijack? Read More »
In today’s fashion world, people proudly shout “mass-produced” and whisper “handmade.” That alone tells you how upside-down the industry has become. At DMZ International Imports and Exports Pvt Ltd, through our brand Handlooom.com, we didn’t enter the market to compete. We entered to correct it. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: handloom was never created for bulk
Custom Isn’t Luxury. It’s How Handloom Was Always Meant to Be. Read More »
Twelve months ago, three everyday garments were buried underground: • A 100% cotton T-shirt • A 50/50 wool–cotton jumper • A polyester football jersey Same soil. Same weather. Same waiting. The results? Nature gave a brutally honest report card. 🌱 What the soil revealed (no PR team involved) 1️⃣ Cotton T-shirt Almost gone. 99% dissolved.
For years, sustainability was treated like a spice—sprinkle it on a tag, price it higher, and hope no one asks questions. That party is officially over. Across the European Union and the UK, ultra–fast fashion giants and legacy brands alike are being fined, warned, and publicly embarrassed for using buzzwords like eco, green, conscious, and
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Once written off as nostalgic, impractical, or “only for exhibitions,” handloom is now doing something radical in the global market—it’s growing faster than expectation and louder than marketing budgets. Market-level data confirms what artisans have felt in their hands for years: The global handloom products market is projected to jump from USD 8.95 billion in
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What the Ban on Nike, Lacoste & Superdry Really Means for Fashion — and Why Handloom Must Lead “Sustainable.” Once a badge of honor. Now, increasingly, a legal risk. In a landmark move, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned sustainability-related advertisements from global fashion giants Nike, Lacoste, and Superdry. The reason wasn’t pollution scandals
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A brutal, long-term blueprint to rewire Indian fashion behavior “India’s tradition is handloom.India’s shopping carts are full of plastic clothes.That gap didn’t happen naturally. It was designed.” India is the global cradle of cotton, khadi, silk and handloom — yet today, the average Indian shopper cannot tell the difference between: handloom powerloom polyester “cotton-blend” plastic
How DesiFusions.com can normalize handloom the way Nescafé normalized coffee in Japan Read More »
The global fashion industry is not glamorous anymore. It is exhausted, polluted, and morally cornered. What once promised creativity has turned into a machine that produces cheap clothes, uses toxic materials, burns natural resources, exploits workers, pollutes rivers, and dumps mountains of garments into landfills — often after being worn just a few times. The
