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Hello - Happy Independence day!

Today I would like to showcase a couple of my friends ventures. All of us at one point or the other think of becoming entrepreneurs, however due to various reasons we do not execute on our plans due to various reasons. It takes immense perseverance and risk taking ability to start something on your own - not to mention the effort!

so - here you go - support them & like their pages...watch them grow...you wont regret it!

Coral Jasmine:

A beautiful collection of curated designer sarees: these guys started yesterday - wishing them loads of luck & I am sure you will rock it!! be the first ones to support these girls!

https://www.facebook.com/coraljasminesarees
www.instagram.com/coraljasminesarees

 

 

Indiann Weaves:

 

My BFF from many years! love her taste in handlooms! She started about 7 months back. Rock on girl!

https://www.facebook.com/IndiAnnWeaves

 

 

 

Have a great weekend!



 

Silk salwar suit 4

Pure silk salwar suit for the wedding, this one is a proper traditional south Indian kanjeevaram saree style salwar suit in green, Maroon & yellow with gold zari. I have got very little zardosi detail done near the neck.

Silk Salwar Suit 3

Happy Diwali to you & your family :)

At one of the handicraft exhibitions I saw a lady adding final touches to the embroidery on this beautiful Phulkari dupatta, it was love at first sight! Picked it up without second thoughts, then got the orange raw silk fabric and got very simple mirror work done around the neck & sleeves with complementing colors from the dupatta.

Silk salwar suit 2

Dupatta - Georgette crêpe fabric with embroidery & borders on all 4 sides

The whole outfit - the kurta is made of Tussar silk fabric. The salwar is made of crêpe & matches the dupatta

The Yoke of the Kurta - Bigger motifs when compared to the rest of the outfit

Happy Dasshera folks!

Silk salwar suit 1

Let me start with my latest purchases & then will get to the older ones in the future.

Bright rose pink silk kurta with dark green salwar with matching dupatta with gold borders. I love the delicate work on the Kurta, specially the mango shaped motifs. I might wear this for the formal engagement party - not at decided :) Choices!

Silk salwar suits

This festive season all the shopping areas are busy with people shopping for Durga pooja, Diwali & the upcoming wedding season. I have been crazily shopping for a wedding in my family.

Along with accessories I love clothes & I got into a silk phase last year. I now own a considerable collection of silks - no complaints here :) I would like to share my collection of silk suits with you regularly. The crazy thing about me is that I do not like buying ready made suits or ready to stitch ones. I like getting them done the way I envision them.

In many cases I like a dupatta, which I buy & after that I start searching for the suit fabric, then get embroidery done on it matching the dupatta, finally the stitching. Some times I buy small bits & pieces of fabrics to use as patches on kurtas, then buy the main fabric & then the stiching. Crazy is int it? Yeah - I am not normal :P I love the process though! No wonder all the shop keepers I buy fabric from think I own a boutique! There was a time when I liked a Chain & made a whole outfit around that!

Watch this space in the coming days to see my collection of silks.