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These brands make sustainability the number one fashion trend.

Old is new in the world of fashion as designers and new-age brands are digging into waste to turn it into trendy pieces. If fish scales and scraps of fabric are being fashioned into exotic clutches and coats, non-polluting farming methods are giving people eco-sensitive and designer wear. At these workshops, sustainability is key as dresses, sarees, jumpsuits and bags crafted from recycled materials find a place of pride in design collections.

Kriti Tula spots a design idea in every piece of scrap fabric. She re-designs, re-constructs and recycles industrial waste fabrics at her Delhi workshop to turn them into smart dresses, jumpsuits, shirts, bags and

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