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Reza by Lalita Profile For ITPO

Reza, an ancient fabric from northwestern India that was on the verge of extinction, was revived in 2014 by Lalita. She researched the traditional weaving techniques by speaking with elderly artisans. Lalita set up an enterprise called Reza by Lalita to produce Reza fabric and train women in weaving. Over 650 women have now been trained in spinning, weaving, and crafting traditional patterns on Reza fabric. The revival of Reza has helped preserve an important part of the cultural heritage of Haryana.

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Reza by Lalita Profile For ITPO

Reza, an ancient fabric from northwestern India that was on the verge of extinction, was revived in 2014 by Lalita. She researched the traditional weaving techniques by speaking with elderly artisans. Lalita set up an enterprise called Reza by Lalita to produce Reza fabric and train women in weaving. Over 650 women have now been trained in spinning, weaving, and crafting traditional patterns on Reza fabric. The revival of Reza has helped preserve an important part of the cultural heritage of Haryana.

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Reza by Lalita for the custom.

Reza cloth/fabric has now become


popular for wear for select band of men, women
Reza –an ancient fabric of the northwestern India and children, which loved wearing Jackets, long
was on the verge of extinction, when it was reborn shirt or kurta, payajāma, coat & blazer and
in the year 2014. Reza, as fabric was forgotten pantaloon and Saree besides use of fabric as home
since early 1960s by the village communities in furnish and tapestry. The wearers felt gorgeous in
Haryana. Lalita, a graduate in fashion designing gracefully and minimally decorated Reza fabric
revived the traditional fabric while working in with traditional motifs or geometrical patterns. The
Bohar, a prominent village near Rohtak town. She enduring fabric’s thermal qualities are time tested.
soon set up Reza by Lalita, an enterprise. Revival and resurgence of an age-old fabric known
as ‘Reza’ could be categorized as an outstanding
She did immense research work: located contribution in handloom and handicrafts in
elderly artisans in several villages and intimately Haryana. Had it not been re-energized after
talked to learn every meticulous detail about old- researching into its history since ancient times that
style of weaving in pit-loom and made it to herself lasted for as long as five years, the magnificent
when the first fold of the Reza appeared on the traditional fabric would have been lost forever? It
other side of the roller on the loom within a year of was, in fact, like rediscovering a cloth that was
the occurrence of the idea. As told, she was poked almost extinct but had been in trend for more than
by a couple of cultural historians, which loved two millennia.
traditional fabrics and Reza. During initial phase of
exploration the elderly women readily shared Museums have yet to know about revival of ‘Reza’
experiences in decorative embroidery on apparel and its product manifestation.
made in Reza and happily gifted to her their age-
old garments and wear so that Lalita could learn During the last four years of activity of the Reza by
and popularize it among those that nourished taste Lalita, women and men were both trained in
spinning and weaving besides processing of the
yarn in addition to the craft creations such as
creation of traditional motifs and geometrical
patterns on the apparel.

The non-institutional training was given to about


650 women that have formed ‘Self-Help Groups’.
Since the launch, Reza by Lalita participated in
more than 18 national and international level
exhibitions and fashion shows to display fabric and
apparel.

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