Sindhura Gadde walks the ramp during Tajshree Yamaha Design Stroke 2008 Mega Design Fashion Show by Indian Institute of Design at Vasant rao Deshpande hall in Nagpur.

I don’t feel the passion from either of the saree designs!

Enough with hyperbole, please. It is a nice saree, good looking matching blouse with sequined edging, but there is a long ways to go to “ultimate in fashion”.

I like the block design and the color combination is attractive.

CRAPE TANCHOI CUTWORK PALLU MOTI SEQUENCE WORK

What’s Tanchoi?

Tanchoi

Plain woven body with one color extra weft, one color weft and one color warp. Relative to the jamawar, it is lighter and softer. Tanchoi could be further classified into the following:

Satan Tanchoi is the satin weave (four ends and eight picks or five ends and five picks satin) with the warp in one color and the weft in one or more colors. The extra weft in the design may also be used as body weft.

1. Satan Jari Tanchoi: Satan Tanchoi with weft in the order of one silk and one gold thread (Jari), or two silk (double) and one gold thread.
2. Satan Jari Katrawan Tanchoi: Satan Jari tanchoi in which the floating, extra weft, gold thread at the back is cut and removed.
3. Atlas: Atlas is a pure satin body. Relative to other fabrics, Atlas is thicker, heavier and is shinier than other fabrics because of the extra use of zari. It is also known as gilt, because it is even shinier than the katan.
4. Mushabbar: The cloth is distinguished by its jal woven as bushes and branches of trees. The normal association with the design was that of a jungle.

Still not clear? Welcome to the club! May be I’ll write about the fabric one of these days!