Handcrafted Design
Fashion For A Better World
March 11th, 2024
Can buying beautiful clothing in America improve the lives of women in India?
We know it can--as do the hundreds of women who...
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Hand Block Printing: Where Artistry Meets Textiles
September 20th, 2023
The age-old practice of using intricately carved wooden blocks to print patterns onto fabric can be traced back to at least the 12th...
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Chindis: Redefining Fashion with Sustainable Creativity
August 23rd, 2023
Waste fabric scraps are inevitable in textile and garment production. When we cut lengths of fabric for a garment, there are always...
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The Power Of Embroidery
August 9th, 2023
Rinky Gupta, Embroidery Artisan at Nirmaan Collective
Hand embroidery is a hallmark of the MarketPlace brand, present on...
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Slow Fashion With A Purpose
August 9th, 2023
MarketPlace: Handwork of India didn't set out to create a fair trade, ethically-manufactured clothing line. Our brand is artful,...
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The Ancient Art of Batik Block Printing
December 29th, 2022
The art of Indian block printing has been in existence for centuries, passed down through generations of artisans. It is seen in...
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Meet Abdullah Shaikh
March 31, 2021
" People at MarketPlace believed in me and sent me for training and technical workshops, even to Delhi."
Abdullah Shaikh...
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Kalamkari: A Tradition Continued and Renewed
March 23, 2021
Kalamkari. Even the word, a mixture of Persian and Indian, reflects the storied past of this textile art. Kalamkari is an ancient...
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An Ancient Art: Ajrak Block Printing
September 18, 2020
Ajrak is an ancient block printing art that produces uniquely wonderful fabrics. The traditional elements include natural dyes...
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Producing the Catalog During the Pandemic
September 04, 2020
When it came time to produce the Fall catalog, we were faced with a great deal of uncertainty. We had to make decisions, but...
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A Rich Tradition: Hand Block Printing
May 21, 2020
Using carved wood blocks to print patterns on fabric may not have originated in India, but they have certainly made it their own....
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Behind the Scenes with MarketPlace
September 12, 2019
Take a look behind the scenes at how the fabric used for MarketPlace products is hand-printed by skilled artisans!...
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Our Mission in Products... Hand Embroidery
May 11, 2019
Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because...
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Mission by Design
March 30, 2019
Women are the soul of MarketPlace. Our mission to empower women is why we exist, and it is embedded in everything we do. Employment,...
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Chindi Necklace
November 17, 2018
India has a long tradition of recycling used fabrics. Old saris and lungis are sewn together into quilts or cut and combined to...
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The Mohina Tunic
November 03, 2018 Traditional batik hand block printing is done with a wooden block with a hand carved pattern on one side. The block is first...
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The Sikkim Jacket
November 02, 2018
Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because they are...
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Hand Embroidering the Patna Dress
November 02, 2018
Our mission is to work with women who are not able to find work elsewhere Hence, we have developed a number of strategies to get...
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