Fibre2Fashion November Issue'17 | Page 118

Vidya From Artisans to Brands For centuries, India’s artisans have been job workers for others. Their talents have been used by top designers in the country and around the world without due credit. The payments have always been negligible, even though they are the main stars of many haute couture collections at fashion weeks. Meher Castelino writes about an initiative that is slowly transforming artisans into designers. ABDUL VAHAB HAIDERALI KHATRI DILIP DAHYALAL KUDECHA KHALID USMAN KHATRI 118 | FIBRE 2 FASHION NOVEMBER 2017 AKRAM JUSAB KHATRI HAMZA HASAN KHATRI PRATAP NANJI KHARET AMIR JUSAB KHATRI MITESH MANJI SANJOT SHAMJI DHANJI MANGARIYA ZAEEM MUSTAK AHMAD KHATRI