“HANDMADE” for SUSTAINABLE FASHION FUTURES Dr. Darlie Koshy MBA, Ph.D. (IIT, Delhi) Director General & CEO Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) & Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC) Former Director, National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad (2000-2009) www.darliekoshy.com Planet | People | Profit Presentation to Sri Lanka Design Festival 2012
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“HANDMADE” for SUSTAINABLE FASHION FUTURES
Dr. Darlie Koshy MBA, Ph.D. (IIT, Delhi)
Director General & CEO Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) & Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC)
Former Director, National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad (2000-2009)
www.darliekoshy.com
Planet | People | Profit
Presentation to Sri Lanka Design Festival 2012
The Pearl of the Indian Ocean Arabs referred to it as Serendib
(the origin of the word "serendipity").
Serendib: Serendipity!
The Ramayana attributes the building of the bridge to Rama in verse 2-22-76, naming it as Setubandhanam, a name that persists until today.
-source: wikipedia
“I can see it to this day, that radiant panorama, that wilderness of rich
color, that incomparable dissolving-view of harmonious tints, and lithe half-covered forms, and beautiful
brown faces, and gracious and graceful gestures and attitudes and movements, free unstudied, barren
of stiffness and restraint.” -Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1990
‘A RAY OF LIGHT’ A conscious & powerful effort of an Indian Fashion Designer Rahul Mishra in
creating awareness and bringing the Kerala’s traditional “Balarampuram” sarees & fabrics to the center stage of fashion to empower weavers of rural Kerala.