“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”Pablo Picasso

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Saree at its best

"Too bored to wear the same saree... but don't want to throw it away too, as it's my
wedding gift!"

Have you ever been in a dilemma like this one? We like to cherish old memories by preserving the items dear to us. Here's a fantastic way of transforming the good old sarees into a completely new avatar!

Our daughters grew big enough to wear chudidaars, but were not comfortable wearing the ready-mades available in the market. This widened our scope to explore creative ideas on redesigning the good-old collection of sarees. We designed them at our studio, just take a look!

The fabric of this saree was thick and warm, so I couldn't wear it other than winters. Also, I was not too fond of the print on it, but yes... the colour was very nice, deep green. By combining it with a green cotton fabric with golden block print and a jari border, we gave it a new look.

The stone and sequel motifs give it a festive look. Does it not look stunning?
One of my favourites.


Sea green Saree with a lovely pastel border.

Pattern: A sleeveless frock and a jacket over it. To give a kids' style, lovely, shiny y motifs and red flowers are stitched onto it.

One of my wedding Narayanpeth pattern Sarees with black borders.

For this salwar khameez, we stitched patiyala style salwar to give her the comfort while playing. Many a times, kids are not comfortable wearing the tight fitting chudidaar while playing.

The jari border is creatively used all over the neckline, on the sleeves and chest. We still have almost one and half metres of material left.. any inputs from your side?