{"id":11156,"date":"2014-05-12T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/05\/12\/leading-sikh-clothing-brands-narrates-proud-history\/"},"modified":"2014-05-12T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T22:39:09","slug":"leading-sikh-clothing-brands-narrates-proud-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/12\/leading-sikh-clothing-brands-narrates-proud-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Sikh Clothing Brands Narrates Proud History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Brands Were Featured At Vaisakhi Mela<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Amrit Matharu from The Asian today met up with some of the leading Sikh clothing brands around, such as Wootz Brand, Roots Gear &amp; Mr Singh Clothing, at the Birmingham Vaisakhi Mela 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAzadvir Singh, from London spoke to Amrit about the history of Wootz and how his preceding idea has changed his life.\u00a0Wootz Brand is coined from the legendary Wootz Steel. Legend has it that Wootz steel was used for its mythical properties of beauty, strength and durability. Empires in the ancient times chose their swords to be made from this ancient material for these properties. Wootz brand incorporates the importance of the martial arts in the Sikh religion through art. Art is a significant aspect of the faith that allows the mind to connect with spirituality through expression and devotion.\u00a0Wootz Brand vows <\/span><span style=\"background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">to impart the martial disciplines of righteousness, self-respect, honour and morality into our everyday lives.<\/span><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAs well as capturing the importance of the Sikh faith through art and<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>its message through clothing, Wootz Brand also hosts an online podcast <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Know Thy Wootz <\/em>on Soundcloud.com. Azadvir told Amrit how the podcast was set up as a means of engaging with the creative members of the Sikh and Punjabi community \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s like a conversation\u201d. The easy listening and casual nature of the podcast allows you to listen to the recording whenever and wherever about current affairs and issues in the community with well-known figures such Pardeep Bahra from Singh Street Style, Humble The Poet and Magic Singh.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nSuccess and support from loyal fans of Wootz Brand has led to exciting times as proud sponsors of Akaal Muay Thai Boxing Club. The popular brand has also launched their very own sports line made from <\/span><span style=\"background: white; color: black; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;\">high\u00a0performance Poly-span fabric which allows the skin breath whilst keeping the body at a stable temperature with its moisture wicking technology.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\/><br \/><\/span><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Roots Gear was created by Tanmit Singh in New Jersey over in the States in 2004. Tanmit explained how the brand is formed on a basis coined as \u201c3re\u201d (pronounced three) \u2013 recognise, remember and respect. The brand portrays the intricate balance between spirituality and temporality. <\/p>\n<p\/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Roots Gear is an international brand and ship worldwide. Popular shipping locations have been New Zealand and Finland with Canada and UK being the biggest markets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>A new collection titled \u201cLove Mor\u201d is soon to be introduced inspired from the Punjabi word for peacock.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019re looking forward to seeing this beautiful collection.<br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\/><br \/><\/span>Sathnam Singh from Leicester of Mr Singh Clothing, spoke about his enlightening experience of leaving behind his past as a clean-shaven youth to becoming a practising Sikh. Sathnam was proud to show Amrit a picture of him only a year ago with his cut hair and earrings at a DJ-ing gig, compared to his transformation at present. He spoke of how Mr Singh Clothing is a brand embodied to encourage and involve the youth community about their roots and Sikhi through the clever play on Roger Hargreaves\u2019 Mr. Men and Little Miss.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>It was a pleasure meeting the faces of these reputable brands and learning about their brand philosophies. Clothing is a wonderful and inspiring way to engage others about the Sikh faith and culture in a fun and exciting way. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brands Were Featured At Vaisakhi Mela Amrit Matharu from The Asian today met up with some of the leading Sikh clothing brands around, such as Wootz Brand, Roots Gear &amp; Mr Singh Clothing, at the Birmingham Vaisakhi Mela 2014.\u00a0 &#13; Azadvir Singh, from London spoke to Amrit about the history of Wootz and how his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}