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6. Dreams of Weaving: Creative Practice-Led Approach to Handloom Product Development in Sri Lanka Using Artisans’ Socio-Emotional Identities

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Gopura, Sumith and Wickramasinghe, Ayesha

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AbstractAmidst the contemporary global trends of “hyper-localised” and “sustainable” fashion, the craft-based industries have been given substantial importance in recent times. Realising the competence of the Handloom weaving industry in Sri Lanka within the global fashion industry, this research proposes a new product development approach using the socio-emotional identities of the Handloom artisans. The study takes a practice-led approach following an initial data collection through qualitative research where a purposive sample of twenty-seven Handloom artisans from three provinces in Sri Lanka are interviewed and observed to identify their socio-emotional identities. The study subsequently guides the creation of an un-cut handloom textile developed by the artisans to explore the potential portrayal of the socio-emotional identities of a cross-section of Handloom weavers in Sri Lankan in the final product. This practice-led research chiefly contributes to the Handloom textile sector of Sri Lanka as it provides innovative and unforeseen avenues for new product development and contributes to the existing knowledge of craft-based research. The study affirms the need for acknowledging the Handloom artisans in Sri Lanka and adapting artisan-oriented approaches in future product development. These findings are also valuable in new product development for the Handloom weaving industry in the countries sharing the same industry attributes in the South Asian region.

Published
2023
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8. The Sri Lankan Sari: Origination and Fashionability via Social and Cultural Perspective

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Wickramasinghe Ayesha

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History, business.industry, media_common.quotation_subject, Appeal, Subject (philosophy), Context (language use), Diversification (marketing strategy), Clothing, Style (sociolinguistics), Aesthetics, Reading (process), Dress code, business, media_common
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Draped fashion has existed in the world as the first technique of wearing garments in history. The sari was one of those kinds and was most popularized in south Asian countries. The diversification of cultural and social aspects of each country collected unique elements, features and draping techniques to the sari and however, it developed as the most adaptable dress code of women. When considering this attire in the Sri Lankan context it is anti-fashion and timeless attire during the past few decades and still in vogue and most elegant attire among contemporary women. This paper contains an observational and comparative study through the literature of the sari and ultimately contributing to the knowledge of contextual understanding of women’s most favourable dress and style that existed in the country in the past few decades with an appeal. The discovered literature sources could be classified as, archival materials, visual reading, verbal history and contextual understanding of the specified subject of fashion and textiles.

Published
2021

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