Farak's Latest Collection Brings The Regality Of Indian Folk Heritage To Streetwear

Across India’s vast landscape of textile traditions, folk fashion has long been a mirror to community, identity, and storytelling. It emerges from hands that know the rhythm of repetition — carving wooden blocks, pulling needle through fabric, weaving patterns passed down through generations. Block printing in Bagru, the meditative stitchwork of Kantha, and the symbolic motifs carried in regional embroidery practices are acts of preservation, gestures of memory, and expressions of belonging.

Farakwear’s latest collection, Folklores of India, enters this conversation with reverence and a contemporary edge. Based in Jaipur, the brand bridges the gap between age-old Indian textile traditions and the grammar of global streetwear. The silhouettes are modern — relaxed shirts, coordinated sets, and structured jackets — but the soul of each garment is embedded in cultural narrative. Folklores of India draws inspiration from ancient tales, courtly dress, and symbolic imagery, translating these references into tactile, wearable forms.

The Dichotomy 2.0 Shirt from the collection is digitally printed in a washed sun-tone palette and handwoven in cotton, reflecting Farak’s belief in integrating technique without erasing history. In contrast, the Bagru Stripe Shirt leans wholly into traditional methods like handloom-weave, mud-resist wash, and block print that's done over 20 labor-intensive hours.

With the Raat Ki Rani Shirt, Farak invites the viewer to engage with nocturnal narratives. Delicate Kantha embroidery merges with soft hand-block motifs, making it a textile journal of sorts. Elsewhere, traditional forms are reimagined with the Choli Dress that transforms the humble choli into a powerful full-length nody-hugging silhouette.

The Shehzaada Jacket, quilted and hand-embroidered, references the opulence of royal courts, but in a distinctly current and structured tone The Folklore Handmade Jacket and Choli Pants complete the collection with oversized tailoring and fluid movement, punctuated by meticulous embroidery that anchors each piece in regional craft.

Farakwear’s Folklores of India is an example of how heritage can move and evolve with us. Through deliberate craftsmanship and contemporary design, the collection repositions Indian folk traditions not as relics of the past, but as vital, living forms of expression.

Follow Farak here and browse through the collection here.

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