Immerse Yourself in Textile Workshops and Discover the Warp and Weft of India’s Craftsmanship.

At Breakaway, we pride ourselves on offering an unmatched range of experiences and interactions via our Textile Trails. Our tapestry of experiences covers the country and lets you discover the warp and weft of India’s proud textile and handicraft traditions. And while each experience ensures you meet the creators of these handmade rarities and hear their stories, it also gives you the chance to take one of them home. For that, you only need to breakaway.

Shilpa has led perhaps India’s flagship traditional clothing brand to renown across the country and also co-founded one of India’s most respected arts and crafts e-commerce brands. She uses the relationships woven in her career to embroider a tapestry of textile trails that weave their way across India’s most famous and best loved fabrics and places.

Our textile and craft trails range from short trips across one or two cities to long explorations spanning entire states but they all have one thing in common – they serve rare, hand-spun gems. Chats and interactive visits with textile design experts and scholars and local artisans enhance your understanding of the various weaving and printing techniques and historical context as they shape India’s contemporary textile culture. Reflected in the art, framed in old forts, and sold in the local markets, these experiences let you wrap yourself in India’s hand-spun heritage.

From visits with master craftsmen to shopping sprees at exclusive collections via viewings of some of India’s best private collections, every trail is studded with experiences that can only be savoured one way. By breaking away, of course.

We offer textile breakaways in:

  • Gujarat
  • Rajasthan
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Bengal
  • Punjab
  • Central India
  • Kashmir & Ladakh

Peerless facilitators

Access to private collections

Audiences with master artisans & designers

Experiences of dying craft & textile traditions

Hands-on workshops

Deep immersions for the scholarly

Thank you so much for the wonderful textile and craft trail Break-away organized. We had a wonderful time meeting the artists and weavers and they were incredibly welcoming and enthusiastic. Sonal was an amazing facilitator, she was so open about sharing her experiences at the grassroots and was a store house of information. She gave us a context before we visited the artisans and it helped us understand the craft and helped us situate it in a social context.
Sushmita & friends, February 2020
I absolutely love Lucknow. It’s like nothing else I’ve seen in India. I had a great day. Noor is lovely and I loved exploring the Bazaar, except unfortunately many of the artisan workshops were closed because it is a special day in Ramadan I believe. She was very knowledgeable and told me so much. By the way, the shopping is fantastic here. I love all the embroidery. I spent a lot of time with Mita as you know. We had so much in common and talked all about her projects. Then all the garments came out. Everything beautiful. I could have spent the whole day there.
Andrea Morris, Lucknow – April 2024
Went on a textile trail to Kolkata with Breakaway, and had one of the best cultural inmersions. It was completely curated to my needs. And Bindu ma’am is a sweetheart, hands down the best facilitator!
Stuti Singhania, Kolkata – March 2024
Amazing experience exploring the textile industry of Jaipur and beautiful monuments. It was a 1st class experience. The communication was professional and warm and I particularly appreciated all the tips and suggestions outside of our itinerary. I would definitely plan future trips with Bindu and her team. Nothing was too much trouble. It was the trip of a lifetime.
Andrea Morris travelled with sister, Jaipur – Dec 2023
My friend and I did a craft and textile trail of Kutch via Breakaway, and it was a mind-blowing experience. Breakaway had arranged everything thoughtfully. Our stay was comfortable, and the itinerary was as per our needs. Bindu of Breakaway was always available on call to help us out whenever we needed guidance/assitance. Special thanks to Shabri, our facilitator, for explaining everything in detail, including the processes involved in the art and craft, and sharing wonderful anecdotes and stories from the region. I highly recommend Breakaway for curated trips that take into account specific requirements and interests.
Swetha Kannan with a friend Kutch – Dec 2023
I recently participated in a several-day textile tour organized by Breakaway in and around Calcutta. Since I myself weave, it was an incredible experience for me to be able to meet and share my experiences with many designers and creators, and to see artists and artisans at work. The scale of the places visited ranged from quite simple, hidden rural workshops to workshops with museum-quality pieces or a salon of internationally famous designer.
Kati Murbach-Schmidt W. Bengal Textile trail – Oct 2023
Cocktails at Ahilya fort, a floating recital, a regal dinner under the stars…with streams of candles from the river to a monument of love. All a bit surreal, etched in my mind till we go back to the warmest host @ahilya.fort - Special mention to @letsbreakaway @shilpa.sharma2 🙂
Srimoyi Central India – Apr 2022

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