NS GAIA (India)
Designer: Sidharth Kumar
Year of foundation: 2014
N&S GAIA is a New Delhi based contemporary womenswear label, which is rich in unique design and fabric techniques. Dakmanda hand weave, which the brand often uses in their presentations, incorporates a highly valued handcraft of the Garo Tribe from North East India. The brand uses sustainability in their approach to design. Many of their drapes involve maximum fabric consumption and waste minimization. They also encourage using the same garment silhouette / structure over different seasons to promote slow fashion and clothes which could be worn season after season. It is also helpful in reducing wastage of manpower and resources.