LOkesh Ghai, artist and designer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India will give a presentation on his research into traditional garment construction in the Kutch region of Gujarat in western India, a true example of slow fashion.
India has a long tradition of tailoring seamed garments and historical information is rich. However, traditional methods of apparel construction have been marginalized, with information on the making of traditional garments scant with few accounts from the artisan tailor’s perspective. Ghai’s research focusses on the making of a kediyun, an upper body male garment worn in north-west India and includes the history of the garment, its socio-cultural importance and agency within regional life. His research offers new ways of thinking and approaching garment construction from measuring to embodied movement.
WHERE: UNSW ART & DESIGN
ADDRESS: CNR OF OXFORD ST & GREENS RD, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
