Threads of Community Blog
Blogs that weave together artisan stories, cultural heritage, sustainability, and customer connections, showing how each handmade piece ties people, tradition, and care into a shared global fabric.
Behind The Garment: Parineet Shirt Dress
Every piece of MarketPlace clothing is crafted with great care. From the first step (fabric printing/dyeing) to the l...
From Practice to Innovation: The Sampler Shirt
Embroidery has long been at the heart of MarketPlace's mission. From its inception, the primary goal was to create jo...
Fashion For A Better World
Can buying beautiful clothing in America improve the lives of women in India? We know it can--as do the hundreds o...
Hand Block Printing: Where Artistry Meets Textiles
The age-old practice of using intricately carved wooden blocks to print patterns onto fabric can be traced back to at...
Chindis: Redefining Fashion with Sustainable Creativity
Waste fabric scraps are inevitable in textile and garment production. When we cut lengths of fabric for a garment, th...
The Power Of Embroidery
Rinky Gupta, Embroidery Artisan at Nirmaan Collective Hand embroidery is a hallmark of the MarketPlace brand, pr...
Slow Fashion With A Purpose
MarketPlace: Handwork of India didn't set out to create a fair trade, ethically-manufactured clothing line. Our bran...
The Ancient Art of Batik Block Printing
The art of Indian block printing has been in existence for centuries, passed down through generations of artisans. ...