Banarasi Sarees

Saree Blouse Designs: 20 Styles + Silk Weave Gu...

The best saree blouse designs for silk are structured cuts: boat, high and collar necks, elbow-length sleeves and potli-button backs. Silk saree blouse designs work when they respect the fabric,...

Saree Blouse Designs: 20 Styles + Silk Weave Gu...

The best saree blouse designs for silk are structured cuts: boat, high and collar necks, elbow-length sleeves and potli-button backs. Silk saree blouse designs work when they respect the fabric,...

Ikkat Saree: The Complete Buyer's Guide to Indi...

Look closely at a real ikkat saree and you'll notice the motifs have soft, feathered edges — as if the pattern were breathed onto the cloth rather than printed. That...

Ikkat Saree: The Complete Buyer's Guide to Indi...

Look closely at a real ikkat saree and you'll notice the motifs have soft, feathered edges — as if the pattern were breathed onto the cloth rather than printed. That...

Best Monsoon Sarees: Fabrics That Handle Humidi...

Wear a Banarasi silk on a rainy August afternoon and you'll spend the evening guarding it from every puddle and drizzle — one water spot and the zari can stain...

Best Monsoon Sarees: Fabrics That Handle Humidi...

Wear a Banarasi silk on a rainy August afternoon and you'll spend the evening guarding it from every puddle and drizzle — one water spot and the zari can stain...

Bandhani Saree: Rajasthan's 5000-Year-Old Tie-D...

Run your fingertips across a real Bandhani saree and you'll feel it before you see it: hundreds of tiny raised puckers where the cloth was pinched and knotted by hand...

Bandhani Saree: Rajasthan's 5000-Year-Old Tie-D...

Run your fingertips across a real Bandhani saree and you'll feel it before you see it: hundreds of tiny raised puckers where the cloth was pinched and knotted by hand...

Handloom Sarees Online: Why Handwoven Always Be...

Flip a saree over. If the back looks almost as clean and finished as the front, and the pattern is machine-perfect with no stray threads, you're probably holding a powerloom...

Handloom Sarees Online: Why Handwoven Always Be...

Flip a saree over. If the back looks almost as clean and finished as the front, and the pattern is machine-perfect with no stray threads, you're probably holding a powerloom...

Patola Saree: History, Types, and How to Spot a...

A genuine Patan Patola saree can take six months to a full year to make — and there's no front or back to it. Flip it over and the design...

Patola Saree: History, Types, and How to Spot a...

A genuine Patan Patola saree can take six months to a full year to make — and there's no front or back to it. Flip it over and the design...