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Chiffon is the lightest, sheerest saree you can wear — gossamer, floating, barely there. It is the fabric of old-Hindi-film glamour, of the saree...

Crepe is the saree that drapes close to the body without clinging — and unlike its cousins, you can't see through it. That is...

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...