Rapid fire with designer Ankita Srivastava at Lakme Fashion Week 2019 | Ankita at LFW | Femina

With a penchant for ethical and sustainable fashion, Designer Ankita Srivastava wishes to see her designs donned by women who love themselves! Ankita Srivastava is a textile designer with a degree from NIFT and has truly blossomed as an artist in the sustainable fashion space. Ankita Srivastava’s label Little Things Studio defines an aesthetic blend of uniqueness, comfort and style designed for the woman on the go. We met up with her at Lakme Fashion Week 2019 and indulged in a fun conversation! Hit play to know what the designer had to say. Sustainable fashion is more of a philosophy or an approach. It is about being eco-conscious, responsible with the resources available, and ensuring that all those who work in the business work under humane practices. This means looking at the tag, using what you have and being creative in our wardrobe choices. To different individuals and brands, the meaning of sustainability differs. Some emphasise the importance of making clothes in an environment-friendly manner, while others advocate recycling/upcycling of garments or underline the benefits of swapping, renting or borrowing clothes, as opposed to purchasing newly-produced clothes. Making fashion a sustainable industry needs strategies in promoting more environmentally, socially, and ethically-conscious production and consumption. How does this affect fashion as we know it? Factors like seasonal fashion and constantly changing trends lead to us wearing a garment a few times before