It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

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Deep Focus / Sri Lanka Overview / V

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Sri Lanka has its own design community, a vibrant fashion week, and an ecosystem that keeps doing niche, cutting-edge work—almost a world apart from the mainstream industry.

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The designer community of Sri Lanka was a sprightly lot. And then the pandemic brought them down, mostly small businesses, virtually to their knees. It was tough, but now they have got going.

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