Award Winning Textile Designer Gaurang Shah with his showstopper Tabu, presented ‘Amogham’ on the eve of National Handlooms Day, to highlight the breadth and diversity that Telangana has to offer to the world. Stunning textiles, crafts, food, music, dance, topography, and numerous dialects served as expressions of the Telangana’s rich history and culture.
Handloom Industry in the Telangana state occupies a unique place in the country for its exclusive art and artifacts of handloom weavers. On National Handlooms Day, actress Tabu took to the ramp to showcase Telangana handloom textiles.
The fashion show was an ensemble comprising more than 50 sarees and garments made from the textiles that are woven in Telangana. The showstopper was Tabu, who draped a traditional gharara with a short kurta and dupatta.
In all, 26 models including 21 females and five men walked the ramp at the ‘Amogham’ event presented by award-winning textiles designer Gaurang Shah, to highlight the breadth and diversity that Telangana has to offer to the world.
Tabu turns show stopper for Gaurang’s Amogham Show of Telangana Handlooms
The event was organised by Telangana’s Department of Handlooms & Textiles, and the Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society (TSCO).
Models sashayed in vibrant Ikkats from Pochampally and Puttapaka, elegant gadwals, and lustrous fabrics from Narayanpet among other local fabrics. The cheriyal paintings done on fabrics in the form of a lehenga were an absolute classic.
The tassels using handcrafted etikoppaka toys, are specialty of the State. The richness of handwoven chiffon, khadi, and Kota were also presented exquisitely. Each fabric on display was developed on the looms of Telangana, giving the weavers work for year-round production.
Telangana Textiles, a rich heritage of weaves and artisans
“Through this wide canvas of Telangana Textiles, Weaves and Art forms, we want to show the rich heritage of our state and inspire more designers, as well as artisans from India and worldwide to come to our state and work with weavers to create new forms of textiles and designs,” Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, of the Industries and Commerce (I&C), and Information Technology (IT) Departments of the Telangana government in his address said.
Designer Gaurang said “Every art we have curated and showcased is not only timeless body of work from Telangana but also timeless creatives. My endeavour through such events, and multiple projects in the state has enabled common people, with no relation to textiles, to learn to weave.”
“Women, who are passionate about learning and working have been encouraged to sit on a loom and learn the Jamdani technique.”