{"id":186386,"date":"2022-03-14T01:13:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T19:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=186386"},"modified":"2022-03-14T01:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T19:43:29","slug":"fashion-show-to-promote-khadi-local-handloom-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/fashion-show-to-promote-khadi-local-handloom-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion show to promote khadi, local handloom held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 13 Mar:<\/strong> The textile &amp; handicrafts department on Saturday organised a fashion show here to promote khadi, silk, and local handloom and textile designs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local weavers and members of the Arun Kutir Society, Oju Mission, the Khadi &amp; Village Industries Commission, Tribal Emporium, 3D Fashion, Khinam showroom and the sericulture department participated in the show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dresses of various tribes of the state were showcased by the models. Oju Mission used multiple designs of different tribes in one single dress, calling it a &#8216;mishran&#8217; attire, weaved with mulberry silk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 20 stalls, some by weavers from Jammu and Himachal Pradesh, were set up, showcasing handloom items.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Miss Arunachal 2020 Tengam Celine Koyu was the showstopper of the fashion show, decked up in a Nyishi traditional attire designed by designer Nabam Chunkap of the brand Choo Collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The programme, which was planned to be conducted six to seven months ago, did not happen due to Covid,&#8221; informed Textile &amp; Industries Secretary Swapnil Naik.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the department made a profit of Rs 1.2 crore last year. &#8220;The main focus behind conducting such events is to promote local handicrafts using local talents, and promoting the idea of local for vocal,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a query on the exorbitant prices of local handloom items, the secretary informed that, &#8220;due to non-existence of newer technology and the labour intensive nature of the work, the rates are high.&#8221; However, he informed that &#8220;request has been made for allocation of budget and it is likely to be issued. Once it is done, the rates will get down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among others, the governor&#8217;s secretary Bosco George and Textiles &amp; Industries Chairman Rode Bui attended the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, 13 Mar: The textile &amp; handicrafts department on Saturday organised a fashion show here to promote khadi, silk, and local handloom and textile designs. Local weavers and members of the Arun Kutir Society, Oju Mission, the Khadi &amp; Village Industries Commission, Tribal Emporium, 3D Fashion, Khinam showroom and the sericulture department participated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-186386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}