Handloom Preservation

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Organic Cotton ~ Wedding Dress

Organic Cotton Wedding Gown ~ Why NOT ? ~

Whenever we create a fabric, we like to road test it, and stitch garments that are perhaps a little different. 

These days the trend for weddings is to veer a little away from the norm, 

We had our Creative Director and our stitching unit come up with this gorgeous gown two piece outfit with a full circle skirt 

~ Here are some of our behind the scenes pics ~

 With hundreds of handmade little flowers over the bodice,  a crown of Organic Cotton Flowers ,some golden Tattoos as Bling Bling, and a bouquet using the natural stems of Cotton Flowers  

we took to the land and created some images worthy of a Vogue Magazine

Touch ups

 Our Model lets her Hair down in the end 

                                          "Dont Panic~Its Organic~"

PS: The stunning Golden Tattoos that you see all over our 

beautiful "Bride" 

are available here

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Chennimalai Valley

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Nool by Hand

Our Logo represents 'yarn and spindle' 

and stands for that, which can only be "Handmade".

Nool is the Tamil word for "yarn" 

~ specifically the yarn that is wound inside the shuttle 

which passes from left to right through the warp  

marrying the weft 

and emerging magically as a woven fabric.

Its a fact that all over India many Handlooms are lying idle, 

some of them because they are so old, operating them has become difficult but sadly most of them have been set aside due to lack of demand for 

Handwoven fabric.

What looks like a Timber Yard, below is actually a vast storehouse of dismantled Handlooms which unfortunately get sold off as firewood. 

     Disused Spindles from the shuttles, also lay around ,sad and forgotten 

With the help of modern technologies to improve inefficiencies,  Innovation to inspire people to wear Handloomed fabric and a lot of care and patience, Nool has its eyes on a Future where  Handloom is  Preserved, Protected, and Promoted for Posterity and Prosperity

To know a little more about the Initiative behind 

Nool By Hand 

please visit www.fivep.com