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This week only at Art in the Age! (All proceeds go to providing safe workshops and fair wages to Nest artisans in Varanasi and Nairobi.)
An incredible Varanasi launch dinner at the Indian Consulate New York hosted by Barneys and Maiyet.
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Today marks the launch of Nest’s Varanasi Building Project— facility designed by David Adjaye, and featuring a beautiful Varanasi Silk Capsule Collection by Maiyet, available at Barney’s.
Maiyet’s Varanasi weaving video featuring Nest weavers, in the location of Nest’s biggest project—the construction of a new, state of the art weaving facility.
Watch the video here… http://bit.ly/11x4IUP
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Artisans of Fashion visit Nest’s silk weaving artisans in Varanasi. See and read about their visit here:
Our journey begins in this timeless city, where we meet with weaver’s, master weavers and traders, an NGO working in partnership with a social enterprise and a contemporary textile designer working with the highly skilled artisan’s techniques to create stunning hand loomed textiles for the high end local and international luxury market.
We discover the complexities and challenges that arise through the integration of these ancient techniques within the constantly varying pulse of global fashion; and also the extraordinary possibilities of such a collaboration given an environment of cultural understanding and mutual respect. Access to market and production management systems are the two key areas of focus for Loom to Luxury, a social enterprise established to provide the village weavers with the opportunity to keep their craft alive and build sustainable businesses. Loom to Luxury in partnership with NGO Nest is providing suitable working environments along with the resources and facilities for new product development, training programs for the next generation of weavers and paid work opportunities for women. Already working closely with NY based fashion label Maiyet, this exciting initiative has a positive and viable future with significant mutual benefits.
(Source: artisansoffashion)
“OYYO’S ORIGINAL DHURRIES ARE HANDWOVEN BY A COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSPEOPLE NEAR INDIA’S BLUE CITY, JODHPUR… DHURRIES ARE UNIQUELY MADE OF 100% ORGANIC COTTON AND VIVID VEGETABLE DYES DERIVED FROM LOCAL PLANTS. THEY ARE WOVEN WITH TECHNIQUES DATING BACK CENTURIES, DEVOID OF MACHINES, BUT WITH A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND COLOUR PALLET.”
Maiyet’s beautiful new campaign video was shot in Varanasi and Jaipur, India, where they’re working with Nest’s artisans. Watch it here… http://bit.ly/11hvFvv
(Source: maiyet)
