NEW DELHI -- When Indian fashion designer Ashish Satyavrat Sahu launched his fashion brand Khadiwala Designer six years ago, his idea was simply to work with a fabric he loved -- the coarse handspun cloth known as khadi. Little did the 36-year-old know that the response to his collections would be so overwhelming that he would be selling internationally within two years.
A native of India's tribal state of Jharkhand, Sahu takes inspiration from traditional Indian folk silhouettes -- like the mai sari that is gifted to a new bride by her mother-in-law), the botoi (a men's sarong) and the biru shawl (a scarf) -- to craft trendy apparel such as crop tops, bomber jackets, drawstring shorts and long shirts.
