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Bandhani Sarees - A Tie & Dye Art

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Who doesn't like to be pampered with the vibrant color and design options in Saree? Bandhej saree also known as bandhani saree is popular for its 'Tie & Dye' art with numerous patterns & prints including circular, dots, specs, floral, animals etc. Bandhani sarees are believed to be existed in India since the late fifth century era because such work is founded in the fabrics depicted in the Ajanta murals. Designer Bandhani Saree The most important Manufacturing centers of Designer bandhani sarees are located mainly in West India, in cities like Jamnagar, Bhuj and Ahmedabad. These types of sarees are created by combining different vibrant colors, contrasting two colors with borders, endpieces with elegant designs. In this technique, Pinch-size portions of fabrics are tied together using a special thread used only for bandhani saris . After an entire piece of fabric is tied together in various pinches, it is dyed colorfully. These pinches are th

How to wear a saree?

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Step 1 - Wrap the saree around the waist Start tucking saree on the right side of your waist, and wrap it around your body until it comes back to the right side of your body. Gently tuck the saree along the way in the entire edge to give saree a secure fit. The bottom border of the saree should touch the top of your feet, and should look parallel to the floor. Step 2 - Pleat the saree Pleat the saree by folding saree back and forth from the continued edge of the cloth. The multiple time folding of the back and forth is called as box pleating the sari . After finishing the pleating, the fabric should lay evenly & perpendicular to your body. Step 3 - Drape the saree to the Upper body Pick the saree up from the end that is not coming directly from the tucked portion to fold the remaining saree to make pleats. Start layering the saree back and forth using thumb and fingers to hold the saree in place to make the even folds. The ends of the folds sh

Silk Saree - A graceful outfit for every Indian woman

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India is a hub country for silk production with 5 major production states including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir. Whenever it comes to choosing one option for sari , we can't ignore silk because of its vast variety of color and designs. Nowadays silk sarees are trending with the market, but because of the several available options in a silk sari it's quite difficult to know which one to choose out of the bundle, today I will try to make clear about the differentiation between all available options. 1. Kanjivaram sarees The Kanjivaram Sari includes three parts in its pattern - body, border and pallu with contrast designs of the body and border which gives it entirely bright buttery look. Mulberry silk threads, metallic threads and dyes are the main raw materials in this saree . The pallu of kanchipuram sarees is woven separately with bright threads and then attached, carefully to body & border. These days you

Trending Indian Georgette Saree, Silk Saree and Pure Chiffon Saree

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Saree is a single piece draping outfit of size six to nine yards, which wraps around a woman's body in different ways. The  Saree  is one of the most historic outfit which is worn by approximately 75 percent of the female citizenry of India. Many people assume that Saree culture started before the ancient sacred literature of the Hindu theology. There are different styles of draping  sarees , and these styles vary according to region, ethnic culture, society and personal styles. The general technique of wrapping a saree includes wind it around the waist and then wrap it around the upper body. Women generally wear underclothes of a tight  blouse  and skirt similar cloth around the waist to provide the basic support for wrapping the fabric of the saree. The best profit of the  Indian Sar i  is that it is accessible in all the different patterns and styles according to women's choice but also making it a tough task to choose one option out of so many available alternatives.