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Ș Fig 1: An ensemble from Geisha Couture....3 Ș Fig 2: An ensemble from Geisha Resort....4 Ș Fig 3: Ensembles from Geisha Rose....5 Ș Fig 4: A mask from Geisha Care....6 Ș Fig 5: Shalini Jaikari and Paras Bairoliya....7 Ș Fig 6: Lace brder white cami from Nicobar...13 Ș Fig 7: Oversized shirt from Nicobar....13 Ș Fig 8: Slip top and Jacket from Anokhi....14 Ș Fig 9: Cami top from Nicobar....14 Ș Fig 10: Halter Neck dress from Nicobar....14 Ș Fig 11: Sheer Jacket from Good Earth....14 Ș Fig 12: The Euca strappy top....17-18 Ș Fig 13: Eco printed Cotton Ayur Vastra...24 Ș Fig 14: Resist Eco print....22 Ș Fig 15: Mordanting Materials....27 Ș Fig: 16 Marigold Dyed fabric samples.....28 Ș Fig 17: Bundle dyed Tulsi Silk....43 Ș Fig 18: Eco resist printed cotton tannin and iron blankets....43 Ș Fig 19: Eco print using guava leaves....44 Ș Fig 20: Final Fabric Swatches....45 Ș Fig 21: Scoured Cotton Fabric....47 Ș Fig 22: Myrobalan dyed Fabric....47 Ș Fig 23: Iron dipped Myrobalan dyed Fabric in lower concentrations....47 Ș Fig 24: Myrobalan dyed Fabric 30%....48 Ș Fig 25: Iron dipped Myrobalan dyed Fabric..48 Ș Fig 26: Left - myrobalan dyed 4 ply Organza..48 Ș Fig 27: Left - myrobalan dyed Organdy....48 Ș Fig 28: Organza Mordanted with 5% FeSO4....49 Ș Fig 29: Organza Mordanted with Cow Milk....49 Ș Fig 30: Organza Mordanted with 20% Alum....49 Ș Fig 31: Cotton Mordanted with 20% Alum....50 Ș Fig 32: Ayur Vastra Samples....58 Ș Fig 33: Butterfly pea, madder on neem silk, Mordant - alum....58 Ș Fig 34: Butterfly pea, marigold, anatto on tulsi silk, Mordant - alum...58 Ș Fig 35: Cosmos, Buuterfly pea, Iron water on sappan silk, Mordant - alum....58 Ș Fig 36: Butterfly pea, Cosmos on white cotton.....59 Ș Fig 37: Tannin blankets with wild plants used as barriers....59 Ș Fig 38: Iron blankets with wild plants used as barriers....59 Ș Fig 39: Guava leaf imprint on tulsi cotton....60 Ș Fig 39: Eucalyptus leaf imprint on organza...60 Ș Fig 40: Guava leaf and cosmos imprint on sappan silk....60 Ș Fig 41: Tulsi seed imprint on neem silk....60 Ș Fig 42: Madder dyed 80s cotton bundle dyed with marigold, butterfly pea and rose petals....62 Ș Fig 43: Resist eco printed 80s cotton with silhouette embroidery....63 Ș Fig 44: Ecucalyptus eco printed 4ply organza....64 Ș Fig 45: Resist eco printed 4ply organza, Eco printed organza with iron....64 Ș Fig 46: Bundle dyed cotton with sappan, marigold, rose petals and butterfly pea....65 Ș Fig 47: Bundle dyed cotton with marigold and butterfly pea with silhouette embroidery....65 Ș Fig 48: Bundle dyed cotton bundle dyed with coreopsis, butterfly pea, sappan, dhalia etc and surface embellished....66 Ș Fig 49: Washed resist-eco printed fabrics, Both the tannin and iron blankets....87 Ș Fig 50: 1 Thread selection, 2 Aari work, 3 Embroidering printed fabrics....87