The Most Favorite Ahimsa silk Sari's Designs Part-6

Dark Green Brown Silk Saree

Yellow Red Silk Saree

Red Yellow Silk Saree

Light Brown Silk Saree

Light Green Silk Saree

The Most Favorite Ahimsa silk Sari's Designs Part-5

Grey Black Silk Saree

Light Grey Silk Saree

Purple Blue Silk Saree

White Blue Silk Saree

Yellow Orange

DESIGNER INDIAN SAREES

Double Ikat Saree

Fulia Silk Saree with a Kedia Blouse

Sarees and Salwar Kameez Suits take a completely different and new dimension in the influence of these Indian Designers.  They use printing, weaving and embroidery techniques that respect the craft and at techniques, but result in the creation of a garment that is timeless and beautiful. The Sarees in the latest collection of these Indian Designers are a case in point.

The beautiful Silk Sarees that use some of the best quality of Silk bear a trademark from the designers, either in terms of the colours they have used or the patterns.  Each Saree has a unique style and personality that manage to bring out with ease. The use of subtle detailing like tie-ups and mother  of pearl buttons are of course touches thatare as elegant as they are subtle. Regular readers already know that we love these Indian Designers and the Sarees that they create.

Why are Silk (pattu) saris famous for the wedding collection? Part-1

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Yellow Brown

The wedding sari is having a special place in the clothes of the bride. The bride will have interest to wear a silk (pattu) sari during the marriage time. 

Dark Pink

GOLDEN Red

The (pattu) sari will be in the top position in the list of the clothes and the gagras & half saris come next. They also select the saris for the guests and they may select the casual saris or designer saris.

Various designs and models of embroidery sarees Part-3

Purple

And the word  originated from there.   Colorful, shining circles are used in the sequence work.   These are used in singles or arranged on one another in groups. 

Blue 

Thread work is done with cotton and silk wool threads and  gold and silver wires.   Various varieties like kanta, kasheeda, kasuti, gara, pulkari, kutch work are done in thethread embroidery

Pink  

Kundan  embroidery work is done with colorful stones.   During the Mughal period kundan work reached Rajasthan from Delhi.   But now Rajasthan is more famous for Kundan work. 

Pink

Sarees and dresses designed using various embroideries are attracting womenirrespective of seasons and trends.  Embroidery sar

ees are on top of the fashion trends internationally.  These reflect the greatest Indian tradition.  

White

And the artisans have to be saluted for their craftsmanship.

Blue Pink

Various designs and models of embroidery sarees Part-2

Light Green Silk Saree

Now sarees are designed with Zardosi, sequence, kundan and thread work embroideries..

Zardosi was the favorite embroidery of the queens..Especially during the Mughul period it was a mark of royalty and sophistication.. 

 Zardosi is a word used by Parsis.. In Parsi Zar means Gold and Dosi means embroidery..  

Grey Brown 

As the cost of the gold increased and the number of people who could afford to buy them were less, silk threads, gold plated copper wires and gold color silkthreads are used in place of gold..

The cloth is fixed to a wooden board, and special needles are used for this work. 

Light Pink Green 

 This work continues for many days.. Nalma or golden wire, sitara or metal stars, chamki, glass beads, dabka or gold or silver wires which look like spring and kasab are used in this work..

  Charminar in Hyderabad is famous for this work worldwide.

Divyabharana Pattu Cheera (Silk Sari)

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Mohan is a famous saree designer who belongs to Dharmavaram of Anantapur district.  His latestdesigner saree is the ‘Divyabharana Pattu cheera’.  This saree was launched on 2.3.2011.Divyabharana saree is designed with ornament patterns that belonged to Sri Krishnadevaraya era.  18 varieties of ornaments were used for designing this saree.  Thus the name Divyabharana Pattu cheera was given to the saree.

Do you own the 'Ahimsa' sari?

From flying planes, scripting TV and radio programs to weaving short stories and then getting on to another kind of weaving...this time of saris, 72 years old Usha Raghunathan has experimented quite a lot. And must say, the woman has taken every chance in her stride and has proved herself!

"Every time life threw a circumstance at me, I tried to achieve something out of it, which I managed to," says a satisfied Usha in a telephonic interview. Here are a few excerpts...

You are a multi-talented being. Tell us something about the transition from being the first woman pilot of South India to writer and finally to designer....

I have had a very tough time as a child. I lost my mother when I was very young. So, I lived with my grand parents in Chennai. My father worked in the Air Force Civil Aviation department and I used to visit him during my school vacations. The runway was very close to our home and thanks to the not-so-stringent security in those days, we used to walk on the runway and that's how I got inclined towards flying. From the very beginning I was independent enough to experiment with things. Once I became a pilot, I was asked to write about my experience. I started like that and soon, my writing was appreciated and then I found myself writing columns in newspapers and short stories. It was after my daughter was born, that I was exposed to TV, where I compared a few TV shows and scripted shows for AIR.

Designing came quite late in the picture. In fact, I had no knowledge about designing apart from knowing the colours. However, I used to design for my teenage daughters, which were appreciated by her friends. But it was my daughter-in-law, who wanted me to do something exciting. It began 27 years ago, when I organised a coffee morning at my place, to show a collection of saris that I brought from a shop called Urvashi, a big brand in Chennai. My selection got a thumbs up, and soon I took over Urvashi and that's how I got into business.

How did you move ahead?

Since, I have an eye for traditional saris, I met weavers from places like Kanchipuram, Aarni, Raasipuram and explained them my design sense. Gave them the colour combinations and the border patterns and got the kind of designs I wanted. Then on, I began working on my brand USHAS.

What's the inspiration behind your designs?

Anything that's traditional, old and rich in appeal. I always got attracted to designs worn by my great grand mother.

What have been some of your 'hot' selling designs?

A collection, where I reproduced the saris worn long ago by the renowned classical dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale sold like hot cakes. Also, the reproduction of saris worn by characters in artist Ravi Varma's paintings became very popular. I collected all the paintings and replicated them into my creation of saris. Even today people ask for those designs.

Tell us something about your 'Ahimsa saris' - the concept and where did it come from?

I am a big devotee of Senior Shankaracharya Swami from Kanchipuram. On one of my visits, he discussed with me that people ask him to bless the silk saris they buy for weddings of their daughters and sons. But he doesn't like to do that, since a silk sari is made by killing thousands of cocoon. His philosophy was, why begin your life wearing a garment that's made by ending so many lives. So, he asked me to design something that didn't involve the killing part and was still beautiful.

Another reason was my clientele in Mumbai, which constituted of Jains from Mumbai and Gujarat. Even they do not endorse the cruelty done to silk worms in manufacturing silk saris.

Initially, we used dead cocoons to make silk, but that lacked the sheen and softness. So later, we found a synthetic fabric, which when woven with cotton looked similar to silk saris. It was Poly-Cot fibre. And thus was born the Ahimsa sari.

Apart from the fabric, is there a difference in the price of Ahimsa saris as compared to the regular silk saris?

Of course! Ahimsa silk is far inexpensive. But the look, feel, shine and softness are absolutely the same. In fact, I designed Ahimsa saris for my own daughter's wedding. Even celebrities pick these saris.

Which all celebs have been picking up your saris?

There have been many. Radhika, Revathy, Bhanu Priya have been a few from the south. Interestingly, whenever I had an exhibition in Mumbai, I invite one or the other sari-loving star and soon she becomes my customer. Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Kirron Kher, Dimple Kapadia andHema Malini are some names that I can remember right now.

Any actress of recent times, who you would like to dress up in your saris?

Well, Jaya Bachchan, who is a dear friend has taken a few saris for Aishwarya (Rai Bachchan), so she has already worn them. Even her (Aish) mother comes to my Chennai shop. I'm looking forward to see Ravana, Aish must have worn a sari in that. I'd like to see Kareena (Kapoor) in a traditional Kanjeevaram, as she's usually spotted in georgettes. EvenVidya Balan, I would like to see in my saris.

Don't you like georgette and chiffon saris? They are hot fav these days!

It's not that I don't like them. But I feel you should wear what suits you the best and according to your body shape and age. I feel after a particular age, silk saris look good, while when you are young; you can wear anything and everything!

Do you design accessories as well?

Not accessories, but off late, I ventured into cholies and today they are quite hot among my clientele. Though, I don't make the revealing ones very often, but I play with different necklines and detailing to make them look attractive.

Tell us about the price range of your saris.

Though silk saris come with a price tag as high as Rs 20-30 lakhs, I feel it's a criminal waste. So, my designs start from anywhere between Rs 5,000 till Rs 25,000 maximum.

Silky Sarees you would love to wear

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Pink Saree Crystal Embellishment

Neon Green Tulle Saree

Pearl Embroidered Saree

Two Tone Yellow Saree

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