Sustainable Indian fashion gets covered at two price points.
At one end: very cheap. Fabindia basics, fast-fashion ethnic wear, mass-produced block prints. At the other end: very expensive. Good Earth home collections, luxury handloom sarees at ₹15,000, artisan jewellery at ₹8,000 a piece.
The ₹700–₹3,000 range — where most working women actually shop for accessories — is largely ignored by the sustainable fashion conversation. The assumption seems to be that ethical production cannot exist at that price point.
We disagree. We have been proving it wrong for eight years.
What Sache Makes — and at What Price
Sache makes handcrafted clutches, potli bags, box clutches, and office totes from Indian handloom fabrics. Our materials include ikat weaves, silk, brocade, bandhani fabric, suede, and embellishments like zari embroidery, kundan stones, and gota patti work.
Prices start at ₹699. Our most elaborate pieces — heavy zari embroidery, kundan-set box clutches — reach ₹3,860. The majority of our collection sits between ₹999 and ₹1,999.
These are not factory prices. These are handmade prices that are possible because our artisans are co-owners of the business, not piece-rate labour. The ownership model removes the margin extraction that happens when factories, middlemen, and brands all take a cut between the artisan's hands and your door.
What Sustainable Actually Means Here
The word sustainable gets used loosely. Here is what it means at Sache specifically:
- Materials: Indian handloom fabrics — ikat, silk, bandhani — woven using traditional techniques that have existed for centuries and do not require synthetic fibres or chemical processing
- Production: Small batches, made to order where possible, released as artisans complete them — not seasonal bulk drops that create surplus inventory
- Labour: Artisan co-ownership model — our artisans own what they create; fair ownership, not just fair wages
- Longevity: A Sache clutch is designed to last years, not seasons — reducing the replacement cycle that drives fast fashion waste
Why Price Point Matters for Sustainable Fashion
A sustainable fashion market that only exists above ₹5,000 is not a sustainable fashion movement. It is a luxury segment with good PR.
Real change in how fashion is made happens when the ethical option is also the affordable option — when the working woman buying a clutch for her cousin's wedding can choose handmade-and-ethical without spending her monthly accessories budget on one bag.
That is what we are building. It is slower than fast fashion. It is harder than factory production. It has taken us eight years and it will take more years still. But the price point is the point.
Shop Sache
All bags available at sache.co.in. We ship to 50+ countries. Prices from ₹699.
If you are a journalist, blogger, or editor covering sustainable Indian fashion and would like samples or a conversation, write to us at sachebag.co@gmail.com.