Idea Brief

The Silk Concept deals with handwoven Khadi Eri Silk with other organic textiles products from Assam. TSC concentrated on promoting small accessories line of ‘Eri’ handloom silk. These accessories are available in luxury homegrown multi-designer store in New Delhi & Mumbai.

Start-up Idea

Ishita Das started her research journey for this label (TSC) back in 2017 during her final college year in Singapore. In the year 2018, she started a social media page to mainly bring awareness to this part of the world where it is less known. It went beyond textiles; a platform that spoke highly about her communities, culture &craftsmanship. Through this journey, in 2019 TSC page concentrated on promoting small accessories line of ‘Eri’ handloom silk. It helped her to start building the community for her niche products & creating the demand for her supplies. These accessories are available in luxury homegrown multi-designer store in New Delhi & Mumbai. In March 2020, Ishita formally launched TCS launched with an E-commerce website.

Some of the achievements of TCS include:

•  TSC's official video was shot by AmanChotani who is a professional travel & lifestyle photographer who worked with brands like National Geographic, The Platform, Outlook Traveler etc, 2018
• The founder was one of the speakers at 'National Trade Conclave: Taking Khadi: Local to global' at IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) & FICCI initiative with collaboration with IAMKhadi 
• The founder was awarded as 'Exceptional Women of Excellence' by Women Economic Forum in Chennai, 2018
• Collaborated with Pearl Academy, New Delhi for industry projects with the students to create unisex outwear collection with herbal dyed Eri Silk, 2019
• For promoting PM's Vocal for Local initiative - 'Harper's Bazaar' India had recognized TSC in Spotlight 50 along with brands like Anita Dongre, Rahul Mishra, Masaba, Raw mango, to name a few. They ranked on 19th spot & is the only brand from Northeast India, 2020

Team:

Ishita Das is the founder of TSC. She is a fashion graduate from Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore. She has interned as a Fashion Stylist for Harper's Bazaar Bride.