KOLKATA
Long before RR Décor had collections, showrooms or international names sitting alongside its own, there was Bhagalpur. Raw silk arrived with slubs. Looms had their own tempo. No two lengths of cloth behaved quite alike. For Founder Rohit Khemka, growing up in India’s silk city meant learning textiles before there was any reason to call it an education.
More than three decades later, that early familiarity still runs through RR Décor. The company has grown considerably, but its fascination remains surprisingly specific: what can be done with thread, fibre, weave, colour and time?
The answers are rarely hurried. Collections can spend months, sometimes years, moving between research and sampling. An old textile may provide the first clue; architecture, painting or a particular period of design might send the process elsewhere. Some references survive visibly. Others are dismantled until only a colour relationship, rhythm or weaving technique remains.
This appetite for textiles has gradually produced three very different labels under the RR Décor roof. Arezzo Luxury Fabrics is where the volume goes up. Led creatively by Rohit with Pooja Khemka, it plays with substantial weaves, sculptural textures and fabrics that are quite happy being noticed. RR Décor Essentials occupies easier territory, with versatile textiles intended for rooms that are used every day. Rasaya takes another route altogether, exploring the more artistic possibilities of cloth through tactile, layered collections that reward a closer look.
Then there is the international company RR Décor keeps. Jim Thompson brings the colour and storytelling of Southeast Asian textiles; 19V69 Italia introduces an Italian, fashion-conscious accent; SketchTwenty3 turns walls into graphic territory. Bliss by Citel and Royal Elizeh add further perspectives, from technical performance to richly decorative fabrics.
Together, they make the RR Décor portfolio feel less like an endless fabric catalogue and more like a very well-edited wardrobe. There is something for the room that wants drama, something for the sofa that will be sat on every evening, and something whose pleasure lies almost entirely in running a hand across it.
