A 30-Day Course · For First-Time Brand Owners

Fashion Foundations

Build your saree, kurta, or jewelry brand — one lesson at a time.

Thirty short lessons on fabrics, weaves, regional crafts, embroidery, dyeing, and traditional techniques — the craft vocabulary every first-time fashion brand owner should know.

New lesson at 10 AM daily.

30Lessons
30K+Brand Owners
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Now Live · Two New Courses

A fresh cohort opens. An advanced course begins.

Cohort 1 has graduated. Two new courses are now live — pick the one that fits where you are.

Fashion Foundations · Cohort 2

The next 30-day cohort is live now

If you missed Cohort 1 — this is the next round. Same 30 daily lessons. Same WhatsApp drop time — 10 AM IST. Free.

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New · Craft of Cloth · Course 2

Advanced 21-day track is live now

The depth course behind Foundations. Three weeks — fibre & yarn, weaving, dyeing & printing. For Cohort 1 grads and anyone wanting textile depth.

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How the Course Works

Show up daily. Learn the craft. Win a fashion gift.

Drop Time
10 AM

New lesson daily

One short lesson drops every morning on the Wcommerce Seller Academy WhatsApp channel — for 30 days.

Score System
3 Qs

Quiz at the end

Each lesson ends with three questions. Answer to mark your attendance — and stay in the running for the top-3 fashion gift.

Top 3 Reward
🎁

Free fashion gift

The three highest-scoring brand owners at the end of the series receive a hand-picked Indian fashion or jewellery gift.

Completion
75%+

Certificate

Complete at least 75% of the 30 lessons and the Wcommerce Certified Craft Knowledge certificate is sent to your WhatsApp number.

The Course

30 Daily Lessons
01Lesson
Fabric weight · GSM · Mulmul to Kanjivaram
What is GSM?
The one number that reveals a fabric's weight, season, and quality. From light Mulmul to heavy Kanjivaram.
02Lesson
Fabric weight · When to use which
High vs Low GSM
When high-GSM versus low-GSM matters in your saree listings. Season by season, occasion by occasion.
03Lesson
Authenticity · Selvedge, pick spacing, GI
Handloom vs Powerloom
How to tell handloom from powerloom — the real markers your customer might quietly check before buying.
04Lesson
Reading the label · Cotton, silk, polyester, viscose
Natural vs Synthetic Fabrics
Read a fabric label like you wrote it. Cotton, silk, polyester, viscose, georgette — all decoded.
05Lesson
Cotton family · Mulmul to Sea Island
Cotton Types: Mulmul, Cambric, Poplin
Mulmul, Cambric, Poplin, Suvin, Giza, Pima, Sea Island — what they're for and what to pair them with.
06Lesson
Silk family · One family, four species
Silk Types: Mulberry, Tussar, Muga, Eri
Mulberry, Tussar, Muga, Eri. Different cocoons, different feel, different story to tell your customer.
07Lesson
Capstone · The five sections on every tag
Reading Fabric Labels
Fibre, GSM, origin, care, authenticity marks. Read a label like you wrote it.
08Lesson
Week 2 opens · Craft techniques
Block Printing: Bagru, Sanganeri, Ajrakh
Hand-stamped patterns. The slight unevenness between repeats is the proof a human made it.
09Lesson
Week 2 · Craft techniques
Ikat Weaving: Pattern in the Yarn
Resist-dye the yarn before weaving. Patola, Pochampally, Sambalpuri.
10Lesson
Week 2 · Craft techniques
Zari & Zardozi: Gold-Thread Work
Zari is the thread. Zardozi is the stitch. Real vs imitation.
11Lesson
Week 2 · Craft techniques
Chikankari: White-on-White Hand Embroidery
Lucknow’s 32-stitch hand embroidery. The shadow effect is the signature.
12Lesson
Week 2 · Craft techniques
Bandhani: Thousand-Dot Tie-Dye
Every dot tied by hand before dyeing. Gharchola, leheriya, chunari.
13Lesson
Week 2 · Craft techniques
Kantha: Bengal’s Running-Stitch Storytelling
Old saris layered and stitched. Narrative motifs, all by hand.
14Lesson
Week 2 · Craft techniques
Kutch Mirror Work: Glass + Thread
Hand-stitched mirrors. Mochi, Soof, Rabari, Ahir — community-distinct styles.
15Lesson
Week 3 opens · Regional mastery
Banarasi: Varanasi’s Silk Brocade
Real silk + real zari. Kadhwa, cutwork, korvai — the three signatures.
16Lesson
Week 3 · Regional mastery
Kanjivaram: Kanchipuram’s Three-Shuttle Silk
Pure mulberry silk + real zari + korvai border. The signatures of a real Kanjivaram.
17Lesson
Week 3 · Regional mastery
Chanderi & Maheshwari: MP’s Sheer Weaves
Two Madhya Pradesh traditions, both sheer. Buttis, reversible bodies, temple-edge borders.
18Lesson
Week 3 · Regional mastery
Pochampally Ikat: The Yarn-First Pattern
Tie the yarn. Dye the yarn. Then weave. The pattern is in the cloth, not on it.
19Lesson
Week 3 · Regional mastery
Sambalpuri: Odisha’s Bandha Ikat Tradition
Conch, wheel, flower, fish. The Jagannath-temple motif vocabulary, woven into yarn.
20Lesson
Week 3 · Regional mastery
Kundan & Meenakari: The Heritage Jewellery Duo
Uncut stones in pure-gold foil + enamel on the reverse. The Mughal-Rajasthan tradition.
21Lesson
Week 3 · Regional mastery
Kalamkari & Madhubani: Two Hand-Painted Folk Arts
Andhra pen-work + Bihar wall-painting. Both told by hand, both story-told.
22Lesson
Week 4 opens · Know before you stock
Phulkari: Punjab’s Floss-Silk Flower Work
Coarse khaddar base. Floss-silk thread. Worked from the back. The flower-work that turns a plain dupatta into an heirloom.
23Lesson
Week 4 · Know before you stock
Identifying Quality: The 5 Tells of Real Craft
Handfeel. Weight. Finish. Edge. Back-of-fabric. The 5 places quality always shows.
24Lesson
Week 4 · Know before you stock
Spotting Fakes: Real Handwoven vs Machine Imitation
Burn test, back-side, motif uniformity. Tell real from fake in 30 seconds.
25Lesson
Week 4 · Know before you stock
GI Tags Explained: Craft Protected by Law
The legal seal that makes Banarasi, Kanjivaram, Pochampally what they are.
26Lesson
Week 4 · Know before you stock
What Makes Indian Handmade Cost What It Costs
Artisan time, material rarity, regional skill, GI protection. The four real costs inside every MRP.
27Lesson
Week 4 · Know before you stock
Caption Writing: Say It in 30 Words
The 30-word caption formula. Four styles to rotate. What your photo can’t show.
28Lesson
Week 4 · Know before you stock
Craft vs Fast Fashion: The Real Comparison
Longevity, originality, who made it, planet cost. How to answer “itna mehnga kyon”.
29Lesson
Week 5 · Capstone · Selling it
Telling the Story of One Piece: The 5-Beat DM Pitch
What · Where · Real · Cost · For Whom. 28 days of knowledge in one DM.
30Lesson
Week 5 · Graduation · Your voice
Your Point of View on Craft: The Graduation Lesson
Two yes · one no · one to champion. Write what your brand stands for — in one sentence.

This course is for first-time brand owners who want to:

Sound like an expert

Speak the vocabulary of weavers, dyers, and embroiderers. Customers can tell when you know your craft.

Spot real craft from mill-made

Tell handwoven from machine-made by weave, weight, finish, and feel. Describe with knowledge, list with conviction.

Tell the story behind the cloth

Every weave has a region, a technique, a community. Carry those stories into your captions and customer conversations.

Course 2 · Advanced Track · Live Now

Craft of Cloth · 21-Day Deep Dive

The advanced track behind Foundations. Twenty-one short lessons on how Indian textiles are actually made — fibre & yarn, weave structure, dyeing & printing. Cotton grades, brocade, jamdani, indigo, mordants, block printing, resist dyeing — the depth behind every piece in your store. All 21 lessons are open — read them free, in any order, anytime.

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Free Certificate · Daily on WhatsApp

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