26/05/2026
A craft that has survived four hundred years just earned a place at the ๐๐ฒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐.
'๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ค๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ซ๐ข' - our work with Fabindia honouring the artisans of Lucknow who have carried this craft forward, generation after generation has been shortlisted in the ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ track, under ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ & ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Chikankari is not just embroidery. It is a ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The brief was never to advertise a garment. It was to ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ to the people who wear it without always knowing its weight.
Grateful to Fabindia for trusting us to tell this story, and to every artisan whose hands made it worth telling in the first place.
Onwards to the next list.
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