Sabyasachi – Save the saree; Canister shot

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Save the Saree project, Sabyasachi tends to keep his design inputs to a minimum. “I only curate or give inputs into aspects such as color, etc., and not more. The idea is to keep it authentic and traditional. There is a lot of cross-pollination of weaves taking place due to commercial pressures and fusion has slowly started to overtake purity. I want to make tradition more important than fusion once again, and provide longevity to traditional weaving practices.”

Don’t agree with him at all. “Keeping tradition more important than fusion” is stagnating, is bound to fail.

I point at Kimono as an example; that’s what they did. They kept tradition more important than the fusion and now there is hardly any kimonos that you see on the streets of Japan.

Another thing that I hate, this pseudo concept of tradition. When you ask people about the tradition, it is already a fusion. Many of the sarees that we talk about as traditional sarees didn’t come about until the Industrial Revolution. So why draw a line there?

Let the saree be fluid, let it follow the time, let it be fused with the person that is wearing that saree..

 

But I don’t want to detract from the basic principle of the campaign of “Save the Saree”. Thanks to Indian Day Time TV, the saree is here to stay, so I am not concerned about its loss as I was five years ago.

And once you know that something is not going away, you can afford to take more chances with it.

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Deepika in Sabyasachi – play on textures and colors

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This is a classic Sabyasachi saree – love it. It starts out simple and elegant and then you see the intricacies in it.

I expected the pallu, but the antique button design on the trailing part is amazingly. What a wonderful play in textures and colors.

Rani in a Sabyasachi saree – match made in heaven

Rani is one of those actresses that carries a saree exceptionally well. I’d even dare to say that she looks prettier in saree than in any other outfit.

And when that saree is designed by Sabyasachi, the combination is a joy to behold.

I love this saree – don’t you just want to reach out and touch the saree – feel the texture, feel the color pay between the black and sliver and bright red?

Don’t you admire how beautifully the saree drapes on the shoulders? No need to put on a safety pin, just the weight of the embroider would be sufficient.

Rani looking gorgeous in a beautiful Sabyasachi saree

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She looks so pretty and there certain simplicity and cleanliness to this saree. There is a hint of red, intricate embroidery and coordinated blouse.. Wonderful

latest from Sabyasachi – lahenga with plain long sleeves blouse

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Tomato red lahenga – self red brocade work and long sleeves black simple blouse.

Not sure about the necklace, but nargis fakhri looks awesome.

Do you feel the sari will ever become an international drape?

Answer from Sabyasachi:

It can’t be. You need a lot of patience to wear a sari. It is in our DNA here in India. In the West, women wouldn’t understand how to wear and move in a sari.

Do you agree?

With readymade sarees and lahenga, I am not sure the patiece part is correct.

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