Pranpur Village, Chanderi
Pranpur Village, Chanderi is a weaving village with every house having a loom ! We visited on Nov 9th and ofcourse I bought a few sarees.
#Iwearhandloom
The Anniversary Saree
Read about my beautiful Kanchi “plus” silk saree that I wore for our anniversary this year. Its a stunning coffee coloured silk saree.
National Handloom Day – Koorainadu Saree
We truly own a piece of art when we buy handloom. Please make place for handlooms in your wardrobes. #NationalHandloomDay
Twinning in a Patteda Anchu
The Patteda Anchu Saree. Please continue supporting our handloom weavers. The art (handloom weaving) and the artists (the weavers) both need our support. These are not expensive sarees, but they help a weaver to keep plying his art and earn a living.
A Sungudi today
Know a little bit more about how the Madurai Sungudi sarees are woven and a genuine source of buying them. Co-optex.
The first Coimbatore Silk
Sept 21, 2019 – My closest friend Sirisha and dearest cousin Koka’s birthday ! I continued my tradition of wearing a new saree on the most important day in each month all through this year and September was even more special because there are two important days in this month. The first being Sept 7th, … Read more
The Anniversary Saree
When Venkatesh Narasimhan, the MD of Cooptex posted a set of Arani silk sarees on the FB page in early July, I stored the picture of one of those sarees … it was a pale pista green saree with red or maroon “tree of life” motifs all over. It was a very different design and … Read more
A Krishna-lover in a Nand Sundari
Krishna is my “ishta-dev”…. Krishna is all about having fun – just what I think life is about. He is brought up in foster care, he teases girls, he lifts mountains, plays politics and dances his way through life teaching us invaluable lessons in the process. So when my saree friend Archana Jain posted “Nand … Read more
Stop.Learn.Buy …a Handloom
Tomorrow is the National Handloom Day. Do celebrate by wearing something thats handwoven – a scarf, a shirt, a kurti, a sari or a dupatta..anything. This post is for novices like me who don’t know much about the different weaving techniques and maybe don’t even know the different weaves of India – there are 120 … Read more