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 · AI-Powered · From Wcommerce

You know the craft. Now learn to sell it.

Foundations and Craft of Cloth teach you the fabric, the technique, the story. Your AI Coach teaches the other half — pricing, ads, and turning conversations into orders.

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Free Certificate · Daily on WhatsApp

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