Goan fashion designer Ninoshka Alvares-Delaney
has won
the award for best design in menswear from India handloom brand. The
Saligao-based dressmaker's design was honoured by the Union minister of
state for textiles Smriti Irani
at Varanasi
recently. Delaney’s design was chosen as the best face of national handloom
brand run by the ministry of textiles from over 1,660 designers across
India for its unique eco-friendly production and use of handloom fabrics
and dyes.
For the former National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Mumbai
alumini saw this award was by far the highest honor she ever received in
her career. Delaney’s work focuses on sustainable clothing fabrics like
khadi , organic cotton and
Ikat while utilizing natural dyes. Having an urge to contribute to society
in her own way, Delaney decided to focus on sustainable clothing under the
brand name of Ninoshka, she created collections comprising of pure natural
and organic fabrics and the use of natural dyes such as pomegranate,
indigo, lac, marigold, onion peels, hibiscus, rose etc to give it a more
natural and eco- friendly feel. Her collections also comprise techniques
such as tie and dye, bandhani and shibori , and printing
methods like Ajrak and
Kalamkari.
