India as a geographical space has a diverse history of objects of daily use and their associated interaction in terms of aesthetics and usability. It has been observed that the locally made objects have been classified in an archival manner, away from their daily use and adaptation to changing times. From a widening gap between the classical and the post-modernism, the analysis of domestic handmade objects has been used either as a model for industrial objects—keeping them at a distance from daily life of the individuals and from their social needs; as an archival object in the ethnographic study of material culture. From this standpoint, this paper aims to look at contemporary design studies focusing on use and longevity, with a focus on textile objects of daily use in terms of using them as primary or secondary items of clothing, covering, etc. This paper looks at contemporary evidences of literature that have looked at observing textiles through different lenses, as well as questions into design from a semiotic as well as emotional perspective. It aims to look into the use of objects—also looking at the ideas of personalised gifting of textiles for personal use—in order to better understand the interpersonal relationships of textile objects and people. From the Greek philosophies of ‘techne’ (making) and ‘episteme’ (knowing), and the interpersonal love theory to establish wearer-clothing relationships, to the ideas of emotional design for product longevity, as well as decolonising the fashion narrative, this paper looks at relevant contemporary literature; in order to find gaps in the maker-user perspective that is characteristic of Indian textile objects for domestic use as well as the meanings of such objects in the lens of the present context of DIYs for gifting and personal use.