Desi Vogue

Bengal soft silks – Tussar muslins that sizzle and spellbind

Handloom fabrics devoted to quality weaves in silk and cotton since historical times, gives connoisseurs of Indian ethnic something to marvel about. Bengali ethos is nicely displayed in weaving fin...

Navaratri 2015 – Inspirational handloom weaves blessed by Maa Durga

Navaratri or the festival of nine nights dedicated to the worship of Goddess Durga commences this year from 13th October 2015. During these nine nights, the nine forms of the goddess are worshipped...

The acknowledged quality of Venkatagiri Handlooms

Moving from Nellore to Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh, we reach Venkatagiri town about 50 Km from it. Venkatagiri is roughly a 3 hour journey away from Chennai and about 320 Km from Bengaluru.It is kn...

The quiet elegance of Andhra Handloom sarees

For a region that has been split into two states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the handloom industry is still unaffected and maintains them as Andhra handlooms like in the unified state situation....

The inimitable & fascinating block prints of Bagh

Bagh is a unique style of block printing on handloom fabrics, the name coming from its origin in the current form in Bagh village of Madhya Pradesh, India. Despite the art being from another region...

Power dressing and the saree

These four female icons of India Inc. with their immaculate sense of dressing and tasteful manner of donning the saree have today added a new dimension to this fabric of allure – power dressing!

The colors of Holi and Unnati Silks

March 6th, 2015 – day when most people from all walks of society across India and now, even overseas, shall put their cares behind, ill-will aside, and participate in a mad frenzy of exchanging col...

Beautiful thread magic on sarees from Kantha embroidery

Kantha is exquisite darning work or embroidery, once done out of necessity on used apparel; today a means of enhancing adornment on sarees and other fabrics.

Kalamkari – life-like depictions on fabric canvas

Kalamkari is from ‘Kalam’ (pen) and ‘Kari’ (craftsmanship), words taken from the Persian language for the art of hand painting done on fabrics with the use of a pen and in present day, extended to ...

Eye-catching appeal of Appliqué work

Adornment has always been since traditional times, used for beautifying fabrics in some way or the other. Simple to elaborate, average to exceptional, colourful embroidery or exquisite miniature th...