Walk into any mall in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi, or Delhi today, and you will notice something fascinating. The racks never seem empty. Every week, new collections arrive. Every month, hundreds of fresh designs replace the old ones. Fashion has become as disposable as a social media post. A dress seen on Instagram today appears […]
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THE ₹500 DRESS WAS NEVER REALLY ₹500 For years, fashion has lived with a strange economic illusion. A dress can pass through raw-material production, spinning, dyeing, cutting, stitching, packaging, international shipping, customs processing, digital advertising and last-mile delivery—and still arrive at someone’s doorstep cheaper than a family dinner. The obvious question is: How? The uncomfortable
Every IPL season, millions of fans cheer for players wrapped in one of the most toxic materials in modern textiles. Nobody’s talking about it. It’s time someone did. What’s Really Touching the Skin When Rohit Sharma sweats through a chase or Virat Kohli dives at cover, the fabric against their skin is 100% polyester —
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The global fashion industry has mastered one thing brilliantly: scale. But in doing so, it has quietly normalized exploitation—of resources, of labor, and of truth itself. The book Reset Fashion forces us to confront an uncomfortable reality: sustainability today is often more branding than belief. At the heart of the problem lies a system addicted
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You’ve done everything right. You skipped the e-commerce platforms, ignored the mall boutiques, and booked a trip to the source. Kuthampully for the Kerala kasavu saree. Kanchipuram for the silk. Varanasi for the Banarasi. You figured that buying from the weaving town itself was the safest bet. What could go wrong? Plenty. Here is a
Somewhere in Santipur or Kuthampully or Kanchipuram or Banaras, a weaver is sitting idle. His loom is silent. He has no work order for the week. Meanwhile, in a showroom three states away, a boutique owner is proudly telling her customer about a “pure handloom muslin saree, 250 count, natural dye, straight from Bengal weavers.”
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Rayon is one of the biggest success stories in the fashion industry. Not because it is sustainable. Not because it is ethical. But because it is one of the smartest marketing tricks ever sold to consumers. Rayon is often described as: “Natural fiber” “Plant-based” “Eco-friendly alternative” “Breathable and biodegradable” And technically, brands are not fully
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Fashion today is a strange industry. It sells “newness” every week, but leaves behind something very old: exploitation, pollution, and a system designed to make people buy more than they need. It has convinced the world that clothing is disposable. And even worse, it has trained consumers to believe that cheap fashion is normal, while
Fixing fashion is not a trend. It is a rescue mission. Read More »
Sustainable clothing has become the most abused term in the fashion industry. Today, almost every brand is suddenly “eco-friendly.” Even polyester brands—yes, plastic clothing brands—are now claiming they are saving the planet because they recycled plastic bottles into fabric. That’s like saying you’re saving the ocean by turning ocean waste into something you wear… that
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In today’s business world, success is usually measured in dashboards. Revenue graphs. Monthly growth percentages. Ad spends. Conversion rates. If those are the only parameters, then yes—what we do may look small. We don’t have thousands of wholesale buyers. We don’t flood marketplaces with mass-produced SKUs. We don’t run aggressive discount campaigns or burn money
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