From left, Lucky Nessa, Protima Sarker, and Jamee Ara Hosne of the Dunia Design Collective at the AccessPoint community centre on Danforth Avenue. From everyday shirts and skirts to laptop covers, pillows, even wedding dresses, the women at Dunia Design Collective can design and sew it all. Designer Lucky Nessa described the group’s style as a hybrid of contemporary Western and Bangladeshi styles. While they show finished pieces at craft fairs and community events, most of Dunia’s work is custom-made. Working Saturdays from the AccessPoint centre at Danforth and Victoria Park, all the women in the three year-old collective learned to design and sew in Bangladesh. Home to some of the world’s best cotton, and muslin so fine that “a whole saree can pass through a ring,” Bangladesh also has a strong tradition of home designers that has the effect of turning thousands of families into competing fashion houses. To learn more or to place an order, email duniacollective@gmail.com. PHOTO: Andrew Hudson

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