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Zari, Textiles and the Changing Meaning of Value

Zari, Textiles and the Changing Meaning of Value

Zari, Textiles and the Changing Meaning of Value

Zari, Textiles and the Changing Meaning of Value

Zari has long carried meanings of wealth, status, ritual and inheritance, but its role has changed dramatically with shifts in production, regulation, precious-metal prices and consumer culture. Th...

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The First Drape Belongs to You

The First Drape Belongs to You

Why We Photograph Our Saris the Way We Do A Question of Trust At Parvai, we have always believed that the relationship between a patron and a handcrafted textile begins long before the sari is actu...

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Patron Care, Accountability, and Parvai's Final Position

Patron Care, Accountability, and Parvai's Final Position

Just as deeply as we value our patrons, we also value ourselves, our work, our artisans, and the integrity with which Parvai has been built over the years. Patronage, to us, has never meant unquest...

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Sidra: Our starlit sky

Sidra: Our starlit sky

A Parvai Perspective Chanderi occupies a distinctive position within the textile history of the Indian subcontinent. Celebrated for the remarkable lightness, translucency and luminosity of its clot...

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The Vineyard of Prosperity

The Vineyard of Prosperity

Reimagining an Ancient Ornamental Tradition through the Weaving Heritage of Molakalmuru An Ornament That Travelled Across Civilisations Among the many ornamental vocabularies that have flourished ...

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Rajeshwari

Rajeshwari

Chapter I The Philosophy Behind Rajeshwari Every Meaningful Textile Begins with a Question Some questions seek to preserve traditions that have endured across generations. Others ask how inherited...

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Rainbow Mountain

Rainbow Mountain

A Tribute to Vidhya, the Spirit of Exploration, and the Philosophy of Inspired Living The Mountains That Reveal Themselves Slowly There are places in the world that remind us how small we are, and ...

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Cotton, Reimagined  -  The Azaghi Project

Cotton, Reimagined - The Azaghi Project

Beyond Product, Beyond Practice,  How Parvai Builds With Brands Like Azaghi

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Bandhini

Bandhini

Bandhani, to us, is one of the most profound examples of how knowledge can survive in the hand long after the world has forgotten how to name it. It is often described simply as tie-dye, but that p...

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Those Who See

Those Who See

"When I saw this saree, it reminded me of the farming season in India. The buttas look so much like paddy or corn tops gently standing in the fields, and the warm golden body feels like sunlight o...

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