Event Updates
Apratim - Bharat Tex 2025 - Bharat Mandapam
Apratim was designed as a celebration of India’s handwoven textiles, reflecting contemporary sensibilities while remaining rooted in Khadi’s heritage. The display portrayed the future of Khadi retail spaces, ensuring a modern yet earthy presentation. Apratim was a special highlight during the event as it was privileged by the visit of our honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The stall also showcased a loom set up to highlight the handspun aspect of Khadi and a display set up for handloom sarees showcasing handloom and Khadi are two parallels of textile.
Utkrisht Khadi - Bharat Tex 2025 - Bharat Mandapam
The Utkrisht Khadi Pavilion brought together ten different Khadi institutions from across India, each showcasing their unique textiles, apparel, and traditional dyeing and printing techniques. The pavilion served as an immersive experience where visitors could trace the journey of Khadi from raw cotton to finished garments. Participating institutions displayed the richness and variety of Khadi, offering insights into regional weaving styles, handcrafted techniques, and specialty textiles. Visitors witnessed real-time spinning, weaving, and dyeing processes, deepening their appreciation for Khadi’s craftsmanship and labour-intensive production methods. The stall facilitated direct interaction between visitors and artisans, fostering awareness about the skills and livelihoods that depend on the Khadi ecosystem
Moscow Fashion Week 2025 -
Manege Central Exhibition Hall
The Fourth Moscow Fashion Week, held from March 13 to 18, 2025, at the iconic Manege Central Exhibition Hall, reaffirmed its status as a premier event on the global fashion calendar. With a vibrant mix of leading designers, industry professionals, international buyers, and fashion enthusiasts, the week-long spectacle emerged as a dynamic platform for creativity, cultural dialogue, and cutting-edge style. Moscow Fashion Week attracted a global audience, including editors from leading fashion magazines, trend forecasters, stylists, and tastemakers. For participating designers, it offered a powerful opportunity to showcase their vision on an international stage and to engage with a diverse, forward-thinking fashion community.
Lakmé Fashion Week 2025
Centre of Excellence for Khadi - Khadi India Presents "सार" – A Contemporary Khadi Collection at Lakmé Fashion Week 2025, celebrating its 25th edition, took place from March 26 to 30 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, in partnership with the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). Spanning five dynamic days, the event showcased the work of over 80 designers, reaffirming its status as a premier platform for innovation, cultural dialogue, and business development within India’s fashion landscape.
Udyam Utsav - Rashtrapati Bhavan
"अप्रतिम" Pavilion at MSME Udyam Utsav held at Amrit Udyan, Rashtrapati Bhavan from March 20–30, 2025, celebrated Khadi’s transformation with curated apparel, sarees, home furnishings, and accessories, blending heritage with contemporary aesthetics. Workshops like “Kal Se Kal Tak” on saree draping and live spinning sessions engaged visitors deeply. The event was inaugurated by the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu. The event had walkin of over 10000 and it was delightful to see visitors' excitement and nostalgia that gathered when they looked at evolved designs presented by Khadi.
Khadi : The Fabric of Freedom, The Language of Fashion
The exhibition “Khadi: The Fabric of Freedom, The Language of Fashion” explores Khadi’s evolution from a symbol of India’s independence to its contemporary relevance in conscious fashion. This event was designed as an immersive design experience, the exhibition traces Khadi’s timeline—highlighting its cultural roots, historical milestones, and design innovations. Key features included textile installations including a Gandhi Ji portrait made from Khadi scraps, an interactive spinning experience center, modern displays with designs developed by the Centre of Excellence for Khadi, and retail stalls.
Fashion Forever - Sustainable Design Show at Swedish Embassy
The Fashion Forever show, hosted at the Sweden Embassy in New Delhi, celebrated 75 years of Sweden-India relations with a focus on sustainability. Curated by Mr. Sunil Sethi, The event featured collections from CoEK , H&M, Lindex India, and the Swedish School of Textiles. CoEK presented Kajsa—meaning friendship, a Khadi collection inspired by Swedish embroidery traditions and crafted in pure cotton, wool, and Eri silk from various Indian Khadi institutions. The show received significant attention from dignitaries, designers, and media.
Khadi Samvaad : The way forward at Indian Craft Week
At the fourth edition of India Craft Week, held from 20–23 October 2022 at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, the Centre of Excellence for Khadi presented Khadi Samvaad – The Way Forward. This exhibit featured four thematic design directions—Neel Raag, Abhrak, Srishti, and Kashish—each exploring Khadi's potential through natural dyes, regional inspirations, and innovative surface techniques. Through this showcase, CoEK aimed to reframe Khadi for a youthful audience, modern designs adaptability across apparel and home segments and positioning it as a fabric of fashion and future.
Naveli Khadi - Crafts Museum
Naveli Khadi - Naveli Khadi is a collection of 75 Khadi cotton and silk saris, created to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and celebrate 75 years of Indian independence. Rooted in the Swadeshi spirit and Gandhian values, Khadi stands as a symbol of freedom, simplicity, and resilience. Naveli, meaning ‘new’, reimagines this iconic fabric for a younger, conscious audience. Designed in collaboration with Khadi institutions across India, the collection explores woven saris alongside block printing, embroidery, and surface embellishments - showcasing Khadi’s timeless beauty and modern versatility.