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BECOME A FORUM MEMBERLace ladies visit design festival
In Sri Lanka, we've been supporting the ladies of Dikwella Lace Centre since 2008, helping them to keep the tradition of bobbin lace making alive, and earn a living to support their families.
Throughout 2011, the ladies have been benefitting with help from acclaimed Sri Lankan fashion designer and winner of the Sri Lanka Young Fashion Entrepreneurs, Kasuni Rathnasuriya.
Kasuni designs contemporary fashion items, incorporating traditional bobbin lace.
Recently, the ladies visited the Sri Lanka Design Festival in Colombo to showcase their lace designs, and gain inspiration for new products from Kasuni's catwalk show.
To read more about this project, click here.
Pictured: Susilla (left) and Renuka (right) from Dikwella Lace Centre, and acclaimed fashion designer Kasuni Rathnasuriya (centre).