Aeshaane by Neesha Amish
As the world got smaller, our dreams got bigger! A journey, to embrace colours, textures and weaves that were not only wearable but also sustainable.
MY FAMILY
I come from a humble middle-class family, but with a very strong creative rooting. My mom let me push my imaginative abilities, by letting me dabble with colour, spending hours figuring out meaningless craft ideas. I would constantly watch my grand mom stitch beautiful frocks for us at the tender age of five. I was exposed to fabric and learnt a lot about measurements, laces and embroidery with endless trial sessions, and last but not the least, the importance of matching colors. Her finishing was immaculate inside out! And that’s where subconsciously my journey actually began. She got me a sewing machine to train me to be an ideal housewife - a gift of love for my wedding day, to help me sew and mend clothes. Years later, when I tailored my first garment on it in design school, I wish I could’ve shared with her the joy of fashioning clothes in varied patterns and stitches using her sewing machine! This treasured heirloom will be passed on to my daughter Aeshaane, just like our sacred threads of thought that transcend generations.
Gandhiji once said that, “There is no beauty in the finest cloth, if it makes hunger and unhappiness”. As the mother of a little girl, I believe that protecting the earth is as important as cherishing our girls!
