The Fashion Promotion Class at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) will be holding an exhibition on the versatile fabric khadi from today to Sunday. Held in collaboration with the Embassy of India, the exhibition will be on display at Room 390iii, with an opening reception taking place today evening, from 4 to 7 pm.
The Fashion Promotion Class, which includes students from the graphic design and fashion design programmes at VCUarts Qatar, as well as students from Northwestern University in Qatar, have rebranded khadi,as handspun, hand-woven natural fibre cloth from India, as a special class project. The textile is becoming popular with young designers from across India and the rest of South Asia because it is sustainable, environmentally friendly, robust and adaptable. The exhibition is free and open to the public from 11 am to 6 pm. The school has invited the public to see students’ creative processes and outcomes.
