AGAMA features outerwear and saris made from Mashru, Mashru Ikat, and Kantha.
Historically, Mashru weaving was practiced in three regions of India: Banaras, Gujarat, and the Deccan. In the Deccan, a distinctive variation emerged, incorporating Ikat. This Mashru Ikat features a pre-dyed silk warp and a silk/cotton weft, producing a smooth silk surface with geometric patterns, including the chevron or arrowhead motif known as khanjari (dagger). Traditionally woven on ~28"" width looms, Raw Mango expanded this practice by facilitating weaving on ~45"" looms, creating the first Mashru Ikat sari.
The collection also highlights Kantha, a quilting embroidery technique from Bengal. Kantha uses running stitches to quilt and embellish old or scrap textiles, breathing new life into them. The term katran refers to small strips of scrap fabric that are patched together and quilted. In AGAMA, Kantha jackets incorporate katran made from offcuts generated during sampling and production which are sorted, dyed, and stitched together to form jacket bases. The interpretation of Kantha is non-figurative and novel in its use of gota thread as the running stitch used in quilting.
