16 Mon
04.00PM
Qasr-e-Naz
19, Kothari Road
Nungambakkam
Chennai 600 034
Six Yards of Pure Elegance
Rama Rrebbapragada, a Hyderabad based designer and founder
of Studio Rama, has been interested in textile art from her
early
teens. A B.Com graduate, she went on to do her articles in CA
and get married. It was only later in life, that she turned her innate
connection with textiles and fashion into a career.
In 2000, she started a tailoring unit in Hyderabad, working with
various traditional textiles including Mangalgiri, Ikat, Chanderi and
Maheswari.In the last 20 years of her career, she has worked remotely with numerous craftsmen and intermediary crafts people around India.
One of her creative experiments was to combine the block printed
Peddana style of Kalamkari with the Narsapur crochet on Chanderi from Madhya Pradesh. These sarees were presented at the show held at
the ITC Grand Chola in 2015 by the Crafts Council of India, Chennai.
Through her designs, Rama has combined vintage design aesthetics
with modern colour palette to ensure the colours are festive,
bright and cheerful. Amala Akkineni, Maria Goretti and Jhansi are a few
among her many celebrity and prominent clientele. Rama looks forward to
talking about her Kalamkari craft and demonstrating some saree drapes
for the IWA ladies of Chennai
Please note this is an evening meeting.
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