The Atelier
कारख़ाना
Karkhana · workshop
The Atelier
Ila Devi grew up between her grandmother's Kanjeevarams and her aunt's dance studio.
She left Bombay for NID Ahmedabad in 2015. Textile.
Four years in Banaras with master weavers. One year in Bagh with block-printers.
मोर began in 2024 from a studio in Bandra. Seven pieces in the first collection. All ivory.
इला देवी Ila Devi
"मैं कपड़ा बनाती नहीं, उसे बात करने देती हूँ।"
"I don't make cloth. I let it speak."
Ila Devi, in Vogue India, 2025
Three cities, one garment
बनारस · बाग़ · बम्बई
Banaras · Bagh · Bombay
01
बुनाई Weaving
Banaras
02
छपाई Printing
Bagh
03
सिलाई Stitching
Bombay
Materials
- बनारसी रेशम Banarasi silk · hand-loomed
- चन्देरी Chanderi · mineral dye
- पश्मीना Pashmina · Kashmir, hand-spun
- तसर Tussar silk · wild-harvested, Bhagalpur
- खादी Khadi cotton · hand-spun, Bengal
- शहतूत रेशम Mulberry silk · indigo block-printed in Bagh