Textile Waste and Forgeries Cut from Indian Supply Chains with Brilliant Desk-Top Spectroscope

Textile Waste and Forgeries Cut from Indian Supply Chains with Brilliant Desk-Top Spectroscope

FibreSENSE – credit, courtesy of Kosha.ai An Indian initiative is utilizing a scientific technique known as spectroscopy to prove the authenticity of traditional, handwoven silken garments over forgeries. Often making headlines in the study of planets and nebulae in our galaxy, the spectroscopy device allows for quick and indisputable textile analysis at the molecular level—giving traditional weavers the authority to market their products with the premium their generational knowledge and renowned abilities deserve. This unique story comes by way of Bengaluru, where two men working at the cutting edge of technology have set out to help a centuries-old technology. For the sake of the unknowing, in the Indian fashion world, the Banarasi saree is the most valuable of its kind, and among those, the Kadwa saree, translating literally to “difficult,” stands as the most supreme example of the Indian silk-weaving artform. A single Kadwa saree can take months to finish. They involve weaving the intr…