Interview KAVITA PARMAR, co founder and co curator of TEXTO 2020

Kavita Parmar is an Indian born designer and activist living in Madrid. She started working in the fashion industry very young helping major brands source from the far east. This gave her first-hand knowledge of the impact the fashion industry has on people and the planet and made her focus her work on sustainability for the last 15 years. She started the IOU Project in 2010 believing that true transparency and traceability were fundamental to make real change happen, empowering the artisan and the customer together. IOU PROJECT using technology they developed, answered the question ¨ #Whomademyclothes ¨ years before the Rana Plaza accident happened as an example of good practice for other brands. Kavita has consulted for major brands like NIKE, IKEA, Levis and many small and large government organisations. She has won several awards for her work including the UNSSC Leadership Award and regularly gives lectures and talks on these issues around the globe. Passionate about using technology as a tool to help preserve our textile heritage, Kavita is working with Marcella Echavarria to develop an open-source WIKI of master heritage textile artisans called XTANT. She continues to design and produce the IOU Project collection which she uses as her laboratory to develop product with craft communities and help them get their skills to market. At the TEXTO2020 edition curated by her and Marcella Echavarria, she presents her exploration of Organic natural dyes in Genderless collection ¨NATURE RULES ¨

TEXTO 2020 was our first global gathering honouring 45 heritage textile artists and creatives from 23 countries during February 2020 in Casa Pedregal, México City.
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