Narrative
GRAINE since inception has honoured purpose and responsibility in design and dressmaking. For sisters Mannat Sethi and Harshna Kandhari, the center stage has been contemporizing revered techniques narrativized in modern silhouettes in a reimagined lexicon – the acclaimed signature GRAINE craftsmanship - contemporizing of chikankaari and badla work and use of repurposed rubber tyres. Winners of Gen next designers at Lakme Fashion week 2020, Winners of the sustainable design award at the Helsinki Fashion week 2019, title holders of the GRAZIA Young Fashion Award 2021, Vogue Italia Talents and the Elle Graduates award 2021, the GRAINE wearer is a woman who is 'Consciously eclectic' – one who is looking for her gota, but in her pleated skirt.
The Elements
GRAINE is the intangible spirit that gives each one of us form and character. If we move against it, we get splinters, But if we move towards it, it makes us sensitive towards the direction of life.At the studio, we focus on crafting the run of the mill using distinct elements; Elements, that are a result of detailed research and fore-thought which create an identity native to GRAINE. One one hand is GRAINE responsibility - focusing on re-purposing discarded rubber tyres, while on the other, transforming traditional crafts, 'badla' and 'bakhiya' being one of the favourites; into contemporary motifs, composed in structured silhouettes, distinct forms and playful artworks, lay the foundation of the GRAINE philosophy.
Consciously eclectic
She who embodies GRAINE has to be just one of us. She is one who is finding her gota but in her pleated skirt. In today's world everything comes across as a disclaimer. We want our clothes to come across as a polite introduction of ones individual personality, their strength being defined by their choice of lifestyle moving from a domestic environment to the busy cubicles of work to a social lovable gathering in the evening. We would say, she is "consciously eclectic"
Founders
GRAINE is a collaboration of mind and heart, co-founded by the sister twin. The former link Harshna Kandhari, is the intuitive visionary behind GRAINE with a masters in finance while the latter Mannat Sethi, is the impressionable heart of GRAINE with a history in art and a formal degree in design from NIFT Delhi. It’s usually an after the hours conversation or a fun encounter in the everyday that gets the sister duo to put their contrasting worlds together and create for the one they call “consciously eclectic”