Suvetah is a textile company based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh – India, which manufactures sustainable and biodegradable fabrics from natural and eco-friendly materials like hemp, bamboo, organic cotton, khadi, and ahimsa silk.
The company focuses on natural dyeing, eco-printing, and ethical practices, with many of their fabrics available in their natural white or greige state. Suvetah also offers less common fabrics like banana and orange fabrics, and lotus fabric. They have a range of over 50 textile fabrics extracted from different sources through natural and harmless methods.
Co-founder and Head Designer of Suvetah, Sakshi Khanna says, “Suvetah is a conscious effort to re-establish that long lost bond between humans and nature through our range of 100% natural, sustainable, and eco-friendly range of textiles that assures comfort, satisfaction, and safety to our customers. Thus, we have managed to produce a range of sustainable fabrics obtained from the stems and leaves of nature. Our material is biodegradable and skin friendly making it one of a kind.
Their fabrics are handcrafted and handwoven. With every stitch, Suvetah intends to establish a bond of trust and belief with customers. Clients can also order fabrics with natural dyeing and garment construction based on their specific needs.
“Our range furnishes you with a choice of sophisticated and classy colours that complement and accentuate your beauty. We have also added designing and finished customised products to our services,” says Khanna.
The main aim of the brand is to establish a one stop solution for sustainable textiles, to achieve optimum sustainability and zero carbon emission.
“Our lives have gradually detached from nature and natural methods to synthetic and artificial ones. Today, as we look around, every item is a blend of chemicals. What breaks our hearts is the production and synthesis of these chemicals, which are depleting and destroying our very own earth and its resources,” she says.
“Our fundamental cause has been motivated by one single vision; to bring back nature to the daily lifestyle of people. We recall the primitive times when we wrapped banana leaves over our bodies to cover ourselves. Our methods could be traced back to this source. Another revolutionary aspect is our range of colours used for dyeing the fabric. Usually, the world associates nature and natural textiles with bleak colours. Nonetheless, motivated to draw colours from nature, our partners assimilate the dyes from bright seasonal flowers. Although it restricts us from producing the same colours throughout the year, but that is our manner of cohabiting with nature. We intend to adorn you with seasonal colours that shine and glimmer, taking you another step closer to the environment. With that aesthetic beauty paired off with naturalistic nostalgia, you will shine bright every season,” she says.
Suvetah also offer a swatch book that helps more informed fabric choices. It gives an idea of the quality idea and look and feel of fabrics. They have a set of three organic fabric swatch books, featuring Power Loom, Handloom, and knitted fabrics. This helps customers who are launching labels or prototyping a collection. This also helps to explore textures, weights and finishes.
Suvetah works with local artisans hand-picked from the renowned textile states of India who toil every day to ensure to deliver quality work.
