Journal

Brocade is not printed, not embroidered, and not stitched. The pattern is woven into the cloth. That single fact is what makes brocade brocade,...

Under ₹3,000, the fabric is everything. Get the fabric right and nobody can tell what you spent. That is the whole secret of buying...

Cutwork is embroidery that includes the holes. That sounds flippant, but it is the exact definition and the thing that makes it unusual. In...

Organza is the only sheer fabric that stands up instead of falling down. That is the whole appeal, and it is worth being precise...

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

Banana silk is not silk. That is not a complaint, and it is not an accusation. It is just the fact, and almost nobody...

Pure silk is silk. Semi silk is part silk. Art silk is not silk at all. That is the honest three-line version, and it...

They are not the same saree, and the price tells you so immediately. A genuine Kanchipuram silk saree — pure mulberry silk, real zari,...