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Eva Bertelli, an Italian textile designer who chose craft over fast fashion
I am Eva, and I grew up in Rome. I studied fashion design at the Academy of Fine Arts and specialized in textile design, which has always been my real passion. A scholarship took me to Lyon to experiment with tie-dye, then a master in sustainable fashion opened up the world of natural dye and certifications. I am endlessly curious, so I took every exchange I could: Slovakia for textile, eight months in Taiwan among technical fabrics and factories. Wherever I went, I looked for the local craft.
Then I moved to Germany and worked as a product manager in womenswear and menswear. I learned the industry and fast fashion from the inside, but it was not for me.
It was not for me, I felt like in a cage, the environment was really toxic. I always had a passion for handicraft, that was the reality. So I decided to move to Jaipur and learn about the traditional handicraft of this amazing country.
In Jaipur, volunteering in a guest house, another passion came back. I started using my languages and taking travellers on walking tours in the early morning: the flower market, the temples, the puja ceremony. People loved seeing the city in a different way. Then came the food tours, with the addresses I trust. Slowly, an idea grew: I could take people on real journeys across India, to the places I had come to know.
And because I went to Jaipur for the craft, I kept learning block print and natural dye, and started inviting travellers to practise with me. Then designers began asking for help with their collections, sizing and production. So I added that too.
That mix is exactly what IndiAmo Travels is. The name is Italian: India, "amo" (I love), and "andiamo" (let's go). India, I love it, let's go. What I offer is rare: textile craft and slow, human travel under one roof, led by someone who has lived both. Not the postcard India, but the real one: the markets, the dyes, the food, the people. An experience, I have always believed, is worth more than anything else.
My journey, in the end, is a mix of handicraft and tourism, it's all together.
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