17 Mar 2015
6/100 A very dependable mustard orange crepe with a timeless paisley print, perfect for work. Had it for over 18 years, one of those perfect interview sarees! I accesorise it differently over the years of course!
This is one of those classic crepe sarees that the sales staff of Taj was known for. These sarees were breezy and light to drape, would not crease easily after 9 to 6 getting into cabs and waiting at office receptions and meetings and scurries through traffic and quickly grabbed lunch at Khan Market and summer headaches and monsoon showers.
Pretty much an all weather, all terrain saree, it gave us freedom from the stuffy kanjeevarams preferred for front office and housekeeping department staff.
It's the perfect working woman saree and I still love it.
5/100
5th Saree this year was a salmon pink-peach Mysore georgette I wore for a sweet colleague's wedding. Peach is my favourite colour and georgette is pretty much my favourite drape as it does not overpower you in any way and is very easy to wear. This colleague of mine, Anjali is a livewire and in the year that I spent with her, she gave us all so much love, laughter, warmth, laughter and sunshine. She was the youngest team member of our team, bubbly and effervescent but somehow she held us together with her natural abilities. I got this saree from Bangalore 2 years ago and couldn't think of a better saree for Anjali's wedding. Its a light weight yet formal saree, easy to drape and carry, decorous, dignified yet devastatingly cool......just like Anjali!
#100SareePact- 4/100 a Maharashtrian weave crafted by AWWA ladies from my father and father inlaw's Maratha regiment. It's got an earthy handloom feel. It is a very innovative design, I must say. Kudos to these simple, often not highly educated ladies who hail from remote villages in India and join their husbands in faraway regiments, shy and demure but a little encouragement and intervention, and they transform into confident and creative bundles of enterprise. Everytime I drape this saree, I marvel at this very unusual combination, turquoise and maroon, a fine check body and a traditional border, on top of that very subtle maroon embroidery booti all over. Everyone always compliments it. Paired here with my turquoise beads from Leh. I call it my Suchitra Sen look! ;-)
15 Feb 2015
#100SareePact 3/100 is a relatively new bottle green Crepe with fine Kashmiri embroidery. It's got a very nice drape and love teaming it with these chunky green stones from Leh.
9 Feb 2015
#100SareePact 2nd, 2/100- a grey and fuchsia temple silk saree I bought years ago from one of the State Emporiums in Connaught Place in Delhi. One of the first sarees I bought with my own money for my own wedding, feeling all grown up!
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#100SareePact-
1/100 The first saree I wore this year was a bright red and blue Kanjeevaram
silk on a chilly Jan morning to chase away the cold and a bad flu. The bright
vibe of colours actually cured me and I felt much better. Try colour therapy at
times! :-)
I loved watching my mother get dressed in a saree and going off to a party or work. Love seeing the same look in my daughter's eyes when I dress up in a saree.
This is one of those classic crepe sarees that the sales staff of Taj was known for. These sarees were breezy and light to drape, would not crease easily after 9 to 6 getting into cabs and waiting at office receptions and meetings and scurries through traffic and quickly grabbed lunch at Khan Market and summer headaches and monsoon showers.
