Journal

India's two great silk sarees, and the choice most people face for a wedding. The short version: Kanjivaram is heavier, bolder and built around...

Diwali is the one festival lit entirely by flame and fairy light — which makes it the best possible night for a saree with...

Buying your first real silk saree is intimidating for one reason: it's the first time the price is high enough that a mistake actually...

Two sarees can look identical and differ by ₹20,000 — and the difference is usually the zari. Zari is the metallic thread that makes...

A saree's price is not a measure of how good it is. It is a measure of what it's made of. Once you understand...

"Tussar" on a label can mean five different things, and they are not the same price or the same cloth. If you have read...

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

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