Abdul Rehman

Abdul Rehman is a slow fashion designer and a researcher who works at the intersection of indigenous cultures, shared South Asian nostalgia, literature, art and fashion. He is the founder of slow-fashion label Aangan which promotes locally inspired sustainable fashion. He also documents aural and visual culture of medieval punjabi literature.

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Fireside Chat

Saturday 1st Feb

Abdul Rehman in Conversation With Fatima Razzaq

Location: Back Gallery Join Abdul Rehman (founder of Aangan and researcher on fashion, indigenous cultures and literature) and Fatima Razzaq (CEO Sujag) for a conversation on the journey behind compiling the report – Textile Legacies: Mapping the Sustainable Fashion Ecosystem in Pakistan. This will include insights, anecdotes and lessons from an extensive fieldwork spanning both sides of the fashion divide/continuum – urban industrial hubs and multiple dozen locations across rural Punjab and Sindh and a discussion on (reviving) locally inspired and readily implementable solutions to achieving sustainability in Pakistan’s fashion and textile industry.