As an Indian I have always been influenced from my childhood by my grandma n mom where draping sarees was a day to day affair , especially handwoven cotton sarees. Which influenced me to study and start my collection in handwoven "IKAT"
The handwoven trend is been fading away as the synthetics have ruled over them due to time constrain, price, wash care and various reasons. Though I don't blame the crowd as the handwoven or handmade textiles of Indian, from various states and unknown tribes have not been promoted and one among them is "Ikat", Ikat are said to have originated during 16th century in east Asia, but the frescoes in Ajanta caves prove that they were present in India way before 7th century so this shows these ancient textiles have not been promoted and recognised in present day.
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| Frescoes of Ajanta caves depicting usage of Ikat fabric. |
Ikat has always been mistaken for prints by common man, these are fabrics made by resist dyeing technique, where in the yarns are bundled and tied is desired pattern on warp yarns or weft yarns which are called single ikat or on both yarns warp & weft, called double ikat then dyed and laid on the loom and woven into fabric with a picturesque patterns which were preformed.
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| yarrns |
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| Bundling and tying |
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| dyeing |
Smiyas is working with one of the small handloom unit from a village in Andhra pradesh where they follow their ancestral business of making these beautiful handwovens, which is a core support of our brand and these Indian Textiles too.
"Handwovens" would be a boon to fashion industry in near future.
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