The five fabrics every Indian wardrobe should know

When I started designing, I thought the cut was the thing. Twenty years later I think the fabric is the thing. If the cloth is wrong, no cut will save it. If the cloth is right, the cut can be almost anything.

These are the five fabrics I would put in any new wardrobe, in roughly the order I would buy them. Not because they are the most expensive, but because they earn their place.