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Fashion Text by Shubham Ladha With the intent to create fabrics with care and produce qualitative resolutions to design and detail, the Raag workshops were started in 1975 by Ahmedabad-Based Asha Sarabhai. In 1984, Issey Miyake taken by Sarabhai’s creations invited the designer, who is now in her late 60s, to launch her own label under the Miyake Design Studio (MDS) in Tokyo. Her philosophy of making things which last and give comfort has sustained the business over the years so much so that the V&A Museum in London has a permanent exhibit including some of the label’s work. Beej, a crafts platform specialising in ‘beautiful, simple and honest products’, is bringing Raag’s craftsmanship to India for the first time as they host a pop-up at Bungalow 8. At its behest will be their Kora collection, which is created from natural, unbleached and undyed textiles. We caught up with its designer, Ajay Mayor (Sarabhai’s nephew) to learn more about the collection. On the ...