When Kolhapuri went couture
- Sneha Bhura
- TNNUpdated: May 16, 2026, 19:39 IST IST
The intricate braid on a Kolhapuri chappal’s upper strap is called the ‘veni’. The toe-loop is the ‘angtha’. Words once confined to traditional craft vocabularies now surface in a slick new video campaign by Gully Labs, a South Delhi sneaker label trying to reinvent the good old leather sandal.