Will LasryFounder, Glass Factory · 1.5M+ Online | Vogue 100 Innovators

Inspiring Female Entrepreneurs in India

26 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, the speaker highlights three women‑led enterprises that form a crucial part of their textile supply chain in India. They collaborate with Tarangini for traditional block printing, a niche market where India excels, connecting brands seeking authentic block‑printed designs. They work with Namrata of 2up2down Textiles, who handles eco‑friendly dyeing methods such as Shibori, Bandhani, and clamp dyes, and also contributes original textile designs that aid other designers. Finally, they partner with 5P Ventures, which provides hand‑woven fabrics with custom designs, operates a team of 15‑20 weavers, and offers low minimum order quantities, enabling brands to produce bespoke collections. The speaker emphasizes the talent, innovation, and flexibility these women entrepreneurs bring to the industry.

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You mentioned before that a lot of your supply chain is women-led initiatives.
I would say I've just been very lucky enough to work with certain women entrepreneurs that are amazing. So we work with Tarangini for all our block printing. So all the brands that come to us that need block printing, and India is really known for its block printing, it's one of the very few markets that does block printing. So everybody that comes to us wants block printing, you know, we sort of put them across with Tarangini. There's Namrata from 2up2down Textiles that does pretty much all our eco-dyeing. So everything to do with Shibori, Bandhani, clamp dyes, she does it and she does a phenomenal phenomenal job. She's a textile designer, so she comes up a lot with her own designs, which sort of helps designers sort of put things into perspective also. And then we also work with 5P Ventures for a lot of our handwoven fabrics. She does a lot of custom designs as well. Her fabrics are brilliant. She has a team of about 15-20 hand weavers. Her MOQs are not large, so even if brands need their own custom designs, she's able to churn them out.