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16th September 2016

After four hours of Cleopatra (1963), a mmust watch for all it’s Greco-Egyptian splendour, COSTUMES. And fierce eyeliner game.

Bardot flounce with a hint of rouge

Drama & Emerald

Cleopatra-esque, bardot with a hint of rouge and some dramatic emerald

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16th September 2016

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Oorja Makkad

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It's #baluchariweek so I just had to, for you @des

It's #baluchariweek so I just had to, for you @designerrajirm ♥️🍒 I await the day I have a Baluchari saree like all the gorgeous people posting theirs! I remember lusting over @saree.man's absolutely dreamy black drape (cannot remember if that was a Swarnuchuri or Baluchari but heavenly it sure was) the night we met at the Saree Social and ever since, I've been wishing to get myself one exactly like that. It's imprinted on my mind, and Himanshu you've become my saree style icon for a Baluchari. This Baluchari dupatta from @handmadebyrahi is my very first Baluchari buy for myself, something of a lifetime milestone! A throwback to last year's festivities. Paired with a pure silk 'pyaaz' pink kurta-pyjama set from @tjoritreasures, and earrings from @swarovski.

🍁 Think of the chinar leaf, gently omnipresent

🍁 Think of the chinar leaf, gently omnipresent across kani and jamawar handwoven shawls, sozni and kashidakari embellished textiles, hand carved copperware and walnut wood designs, on papier mache, within traditional carpet knotting and wherever more art takes creative nourishment from the region - the environment - it finds home in. Something like the fish motif in Odisha and Bengal weaves, or Islamic architecture influencing the quintessential arched elements in Mughal buti prints and Ajrakh! Spotting recurrences across the design vocabulary of a particular region gives us heritage lovers a strange sense of achievement, doesn't it? Like we've been let in on something.
A chinaar tree could tell tales spanning centuries - of Lalla Ded contemplating in its shade, or of Akbar taking refuge in its hollow trunk along with 34 soldiers. The Mughals were so enraptured, they ordered it to be nourished with milk instead of water. Poets have long been inspired by the flaming beauty of the majestic chinar tree, an iconic image of autumn, or 'harud' as it's called in it's homeland. While some works are darkly melancholic, some beautifully romantic, there's one I came across in The Speaking Tree that stayed with me... "Jis khaak ke zameer me hai aatish-e-chinar,
Mumkin nahi ki sard ho woh khaak-e-arjumand"

The dust which possesses in it's soul the flame of chinar, is a celestial dust that wont be possible to cool down.

Textile: Went to work like a 🍒 in a @fabindianews kurta and a non-woolen Kashidakari on the side (hey I'm in Bombay, 17 degrees is all we get in the early morning for winter which is basically the temperature of a fine summer day in lovelier places of the world. 😂) This one is full of 'chinar' leaves but in a machine embroidered rendition, purchased on travel. The above excerpt is from a post I'd written about the Chinar leaf and its presence in the creative vocabulary of it's place of origin about two years ago! I can't recollect more examples, but so many such inspired themes exist across the textiles of India when it comes to motifs. Have you noticed any? Share in comments below ♥️

🌱🤗 don't let the 'High Court of Instagram' g

🌱🤗 don't let the 'High Court of Instagram' get to you, it's what you really DO - in your living, breathing, imperfect, pulsating existence - that matters! Love this @ethicallykate

A sustainable, 'tiny changes' resolution for 2020,

Thought I should post something Sankrant-y, don't

Thought I should post something Sankrant-y, don't mind me 🖤🔥🧵 #BlackforSankrant

Bonfire night vibes? 🖤🔥I arrived at the 10k

Bonfire night vibes? 🖤🔥I arrived at the 10k milestone after three years (I took too long, maybe, this has been a s l o w slow fashion feed) and somehow I'm still not feeling it totally sink in. Where's my Möet at?! Sending hugs and gratitude to every inspiring soul this journey has introduced me to, every beautiful online and offline friend that added knowledge, value and insight to my life. I feel like I have grown over so many phases - been so many different people - all the while that I've grown as a blogger and through how this feed has evolved over time. This happy little 10k strong bubble of saree, sustainability, fashion aficionados and beautiful minds have been with me through it all.Thank you so much for being such an uplifting, loving, inspiring, warm community! Happy Lohri!
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#SareeToWork: This one's for you @sareesaatsamundarpaar, some #blackforsankrant. I've been waiting to take part. An unknown, mystery silk weave to me, from my mom's closet, all I know is that it hails from West Bengal (because that's where it came from, brought by a benevolent Bengali neighbour). It's got pineapples on the pallu! 🍍Can anybody identify it? I think this could be an Assamese weave too!

I see the pattern, but the laal bindi, tiny blacks

I see the pattern, but the laal bindi, tiny blacks and tad too many saree selfies shall prevail this year too, sorry. ✨♥️

It's getting a little weird how so many people thi

It's getting a little weird how so many people think they 'know' someone because they've been following them on Instagram for a while. We put too much stock into social media behaviour as a species at this point in time, as if that's all there is to them, especially in the case of bloggers and content creators. That's never the case, we really, really don't know and what we think we know - what has specially been curated to be exposed to us - doesn't even scratch the surface. I had a flattering moment recently when I was asked in response to a saree post, rhetorically, how tall I am (in the sense that they thought I'm a really tall supermodel type hahaha). Now that's a question I'd never, ever expect to be asked, what a grande (pun intended, if you speak French) deception I'd made and totally unintentionally. So many other even funnier things happen on the regular. Some other times it's creepy, murky, highly annoying and boundary crossing, let's not go there. But in conclusion, there's too many personalities in here, in the whole 5 feet and 0 inches of me, for one feed to ever grasp 😂🍃 Does anybody else have weird social media moments like that? I'm going to tag this post for @sixyardsoffinery's #MyFavouriteSilks because silk Kota doria is definitely my favourite silk!

ajrak, ikat and carnelian on a hand-me-down denim

ajrak, ikat and carnelian on a hand-me-down denim shirt, I made those brooches 🍂 I'm thinking I wanna sashiko this shirt up!

Hold on I'm not done yet 🌺 I love how this tie

sunshine, and some tie and dye 🌴 3/100

sunshine, and some tie and dye 🌴 3/100

Goa in two handblock prints 🐟🌴🌊

Goa in two handblock prints 🐟🌴🌊

Handloom pants, an Ajrakh mala, a vintage Chivas b

Handloom pants, an Ajrakh mala, a vintage Chivas bottle made of porcelain. How beautifully things were created back when there was a lot more time and a lot less people!

I was second-guessing this for so long this mornin

I was second-guessing this for so long this morning, as I thought about my day ahead. "Isn't wearing black velvet to work in the daytime a bit much? But I never get to wear this crop top all year, what if today's the last day of the nip in the air? Is a lustrous gajji silk in dark wine and indigo too much for the morning? When else would I ever wear this?" and I almost succumbed to toning down my metaphoric glimmer by picking out a drab cotton tee to wear underneath this gorgeous @fabindianews Ajrakh saree (from my mom's wardrobe). I eventually concluded, that being a tad extra and enjoying it has always been in my nature when it comes to dressing up, I'd rather just forget about my will-people-think-Im-overdressed social anxiety and wear this delicious outfit anyway. Maybe everyone who is familiar to me is used to it already, and unsurprised at my eccentricities 😂 Felt like a queen all day, plus this is probably the last few days left until next December that I'd get to spend the day in velvet and buttery gaji silk with ease. Bombay girl problems? 2/100 for 2020, Im hoping I do complete the #100sareepact this year, now that I teach and have a lot more opportunities for sarees!

Creators, and artists of all kinds, put so much pr

Creators, and artists of all kinds, put so much pressure on themselves to make "serious" art all the time. Art that is obligated to be perfect, art that is superior to perceived 'others,' art that 'should' turn out so good one can sell that very piece, art that leads towards a monetary plan, art that already sounds viable as a mass producing business plan, and this is the biggest killjoy and block of all good art to flow from within.
Serious art can only be born from serious play, to quote Julia Cameron from The Artists Way.
Sometimes shedding all 'shoulds' and focusing solely on what feels good, is the best thing to do for creativity. To think of what would feel most enjoyable, and do that first, and then see where you flow. I purchased this @goodearthindia Mughal colouring book sometime in 2017 - it's called Bagh-e-Bahaar, and it is so beautiful. It decorated my shelf for quite a while. Here I am in 2020 finally comfortable in my skin - and I dare say, smart - enough to decide that the first "task" I want to do before all the tasks I want to do this day is to feel good by coloring like a child 🥰

We can't call every sparkling wine a champagne, we

We can't call every sparkling wine a champagne, we can't call every cotton silk a Chanderi. 'Chanderi,' isn't the hindi word for cotton-silk, although a lot of vendors seem to behave otherwise. Chanderi is a handwoven textile originating from the looms of a weaving town called Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh. Chanderi can be pure cotton, cotton silk or pure silk, it has been woven for centuries and was beloved to Mughal queens. Legend says it goes as far back as the Vedic period. If you come across a cotton-silk saree/apparel titled 'Chanderi,' you ought to question - is this being called Chanderi simply because it is an Indian cotton silk, or is this a handwoven cotton silk textile woven by a weaver of (and in the region of) Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh and has been sourced from there? I've seen 'Chanderi' printed/embroidered sarees being sold for as little as INR 2500-3500, an obvious red flag because a superfine handwoven like Chanderi would only start at INR 5000 or above (and that is in it's most basic form). Chanderi is very sheer and delicate, close to organza but softer, it wouldn't be opaque or medium-weight if it's the real thing. A GI Tag (Geographic Indication) has been granted to Chanderi textiles by the Indian government, legally ensuring that only a textile woven by traditional weavers and method, in this town, can count as Chanderi. It is one of those textiles that you have to see to understand, once you familiarise your sight and touch with a real Chanderi, you'll know why a non-Chanderi cotton silk (whether handloom or powerloom) is so different. .
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What's in a name? Well, a livelihood! We're free to buy any cotton silks, but it's unfair trouble to the rightful creators of this textile if uninformed consumers consume 'Chanderi' without even benefiting those who TRULY PRACTICE and own the patent to this textile tradition. If we want a Chanderi and have the capacity to buy a Chanderi, our money ought to support the specific regional group of weavers that are actually upholding this part of Indian textile heritage, isn't it? We can always call a spade a spade, and let Chanderi weavers maintain their rightful exclusivity ✨

Shop: Sold Out. #DecemberDiscount on six yards of

Shop: Sold Out. #DecemberDiscount on six yards of cranberries and hot chocolate 🎄 The Kharek-Zaiwar Saree, an uncommon Ajrakh, is patterned densely with a very traditional design - little kharek (almond/date) formations. The palla, on the other hand, is contemporary with a pendant design and striking geometric angles. The perfect amalgamation of heritage and modern artisanship. A glistening, heavy lagdi patta (zari tissue) pallu in champagne gold ends this drape.
Textile: Handblock Printed and Naturally Dyed with Madder Root, Harad and more organic pigments on Modal Silk. Available for Purchase at 20% off, Single Piece Only, Original - 6900, Discounted - 5520.

Shop: Sold Out. #DecemberDiscount on six yards of

Shop: Sold Out. #DecemberDiscount on six yards of cranberries and hot chocolate 🎄 The Kharek-Zaiwar Saree, an uncommon Ajrakh, is patterned densely with a very traditional design - little kharek (almond/date) formations. The palla, on the other hand, is contemporary with a pendant design and striking geometric angles. The perfect amalgamation of heritage and modern artisanship. A glistening, heavy lagdi patta (zari tissue) pallu in champagne gold ends this drape.
Textile: Handblock Printed and Naturally Dyed with Madder Root, Harad and more organic pigments on Modal Silk. Available for Purchase at 20% off, Single Piece Only, Original - 6900, Discounted - 5520.

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