Journal

Jamdani is called "woven air," and the name is not poetry — it is a description. It is a fine, sheer cotton muslin with...

Tussar is silk — but it is wild silk, and that is the whole story. Almost all the silk in the world comes from...

Kasavu is not a garment. It is the gold. That one sentence clears up most of the confusion. Kasavu is the zari border —...

Chanderi is the saree that glows without shining. If you have held one, you know the effect and probably could not name it: the...

Kota and Kota Doria are the same fabric. If you have been searching "kota saree" and "kota doria saree" and wondering whether you are...