Homegrown Brands Celebrating Indigenous Communities

Homegrown Staff

Delhi-based designer Ragini Ahuja’s brand Ikai claims to stand for empowerment, fierce femininity, and self-expression. Her designs take inspiration from traditional handicrafts and are known for their tribal inspiration combined with unconventional designs. 

At the heart of Pune-based label, Ka-Sha by Karishma Shahani Khan, is the vision to celebrate craft in all its glory while being mindful of both the environment and the people involved in the process of producing the clothes. 

For Kochi-based slow fashion brand Linen Trail, any celebration of the embroidery and craft of the Toda Tribe of Nilgiris must also sustain their livelihoods as well. The brand aims to safeguard the lifestyle and art of the Toda tribe while drawing inspiration from their gender-fluid fashion style.

Darjeeling-born Priyanka Ella Lorena Lama’s fashion label is a zero-waste sustainable and slow fashion brand that usually creates designs from a single piece of cloth to create silhouettes and minimise the environmental impact.