Indian Accessories

Special mention should be made on certain Indian saris for their quality, aesthetic looks and decorations.
Baluchari saris: A wonder from West Bengal Baluchari sari is loved by almost all Indian women.

These saris are famous for their alluring designs in silk threads all over the body with the ‘aanchal’ or the flowing end depicting mythological characters or romantic scenes—recapturing moments from the past in an artistic way—and for the enticing contrasting colors.
But to achieve this magic piece several months of hardwork and designing are required. Designer needs five to six months just to design costing $250-375. Two types of silk threads are brought from two different parts of India-Bangalore in the south and West Bengal in the east- for weaving, one vertically and the other horizontally. It needs extra skills and long experience to weave Baluchari saris. This wonderful art is facing extinction for want of proper infrastructure and financial aid.

Kota Saris: The famous Kota Doria saris are made in small villages around the Kota city in the Rajasthan State, India. Kota Doria is a super thin, but stable cotton or cotton silk weave consisting yarn of various thickness. These yarns are woven in such a way that they give a graph like pattern called khats, squares formed by the fibers of different thicknesses. The intermittent thick yarns give the weave sufficient weight and lateral stability, yet the material is unbelievably airy and very transparent. Usually Kota saris are suited to be worn in hot summers.

The saris made of the Kota doria are the finest in India. The fact that they are almost weightless shows how fine the saris are. The spinning, dying and weaving are very complicated works and can be done only by very skilled and experienced hands. They take several days to complete the works. The Kota sari looks exquisite in its perfection. The saris made of Kota doria fabric is very unique with the warp and the weft using a combination of threads forming a superfine chequered pattern where the cotton and silk provide the stability and the shining finish to the fabric respectively. Kota saris are available in other complicated designs in a combination of silk and cotton as well. This art form also is challenged by technically advanced power looms.

Gadwal Saris: Gadwal sari, produced in a small town Gadwal at a distance of 150 km from Hyderabad, is an example of the marvelous textile-craft of Andhra Pradesh in India. This sari clearly exhibits the superfine blending of traditional and modern designing concepts. The main characteristic feature of Godwal sari is that its body is made up of fine cotton with borders and pallu created with pure silk.

An interlocked woof art, locally known as Kupadam, is the traditional technique used to weave these saris. The border of the sari is composed of tusser or mulberry silk and the cotton body has resplendent colors, mostly decorated with silk checks. Sico sari, the latest trend, is a fabulous blend of 50% cotton and 50% silk. The expensive Gadwal pure silk sari is not as popular as the Sico.
The South Indian traditional designs, like peacock, rudraksha etc are woven into the saris. The silk is brought from Bangalore for making the sari and the zari, gold and silver threads used to give the sari an ornate look come from Surat. This magnificent sari attracts not only Indians, but buyers from all over the world.