Upcycled clothing is getting popular in India

When you spot a new creation on the runway, there’s a lot you take in. An inventive use of local fabric here, intricate embroidery there. But often, you overlook the process that led to the finished product. For Delhi-based designer Kriti Tula, it’s this process that is most interesting. When other designers are busy sketching out their designs, Tula is visiting the factories of export houses, picking up sample strips, reject fabric, stray buttons and leftover thread, all production waste, to put together her next collection. “It’s almost like a puzzle, you sit with each piece and decide what you want to do with it,” she says.