Woven fabric for formal clothing, a Mumbai speciality with a long mill history.
Mumbai was built on cotton. The mills that gave the city its shape are mostly gone, but the trade they created remains — the cloth markets at Kalbadevi, the branded apparel companies headquartered here, and the powerloom and warehousing belt at Bhiwandi that feeds them.
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Hindmata and Dadar
Raymond, founded in 1925 as the Raymond Woollen Mill at Thane and built by the Singhania family, is the largest maker of worsted suiting fabric in the world, headquartered at Plantation House, Pokhran Road, Thane; its Th
Hindmata and Dadar
Siyaram’s, founded in 1978 by the Poddar family and headquartered at B-5 Trade World, Kamala Mills, Lower Parel, is one of the largest makers of blended suiting and shirting fabric in India, with its mills at Tarapur and
Hindmata and Dadar
Donear, founded in 1977 by the Agarwal family and headquartered at Donear House, Mahim, makes suiting and shirting fabric at Surat and Bhilad and owns the brands Donear, Grado and, since 2020, OCM and Mayur; it is listed
Lower Parel and Parel
Mafatlal Industries, the textile company of the Mafatlal family founded in 1905, once ran mills across the city and now makes fabrics, uniforms and school-wear at Nadiad, headquartered at Mafatlal House, H.
Lower Parel and Parel
Morarjee Textiles, the Piramal family’s mill company descended from Morarjee Goculdas Spinning and Weaving of 1871, ran the Morarjee Mills at Parel, now Peninsula Corporate Park; its fine cotton fabrics are made at Butib
Hindmata and Dadar
Arvind, the Lalbhai group’s Ahmedabad company founded in 1931, is the largest denim maker in India and a large shirting and suiting supplier; its fabric is sold through mill-agent outlets at Hindmata and Dadar, and Arvin
Mangaldas Market
Mohanlal Dayalji is one of the old houses of Mangaldas Market, the cloth market behind Crawford Market, dealing in silk and embroidered fabric by the metre for the city’s tailors and bridal buyers.
Mangaldas Market
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Mulji Jetha Market
Narandas Rajaram, founded in 1894, is one of the oldest cloth merchants of Mulji Jetha Market, the wholesale cloth market of Kalbadevi built in 1870s by the merchant Mulji Jetha; the firm was agent for the mills and deal
Hindmata and Dadar
Jigna Fabrics, forty years in Hindmata Market, wholesales dress materials and suit pieces.
Mangaldas Market
Ved Brothers in Old Post Office Lane, Mangaldas Market, wholesales dress materials and kurtis.
Mangaldas Market
Leena & Jeel Textiles in 7th Lane, Mangaldas Market, wholesales suiting, shirting and kurta fabric.
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