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59 sarees found.

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreSariसाड़ी An unstitched cloth draped over the body, worn across the Indian subcontinentCotton · Brocade · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaSari-inspired dress A sewn Western dress that borrows the sari's drape, colour and ornamentSilk · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaKasta sariनऊवारी साड़ी A nine-yard Maharashtra sari tucked at the back and worn like a dhotiCotton 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTant sari A light, see-through cotton saree from Bengal with a heavy borderCotton · Jamdani · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaPochampally sari A Telangana handloom saree whose geometric motifs come from dyed-then-woven ikat yarnsSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaKorial sariকোরিয়াল শাড়ি A handwoven Bengal silk sari with a red border and fine designs on the anchalSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOsariyaඔසරිය Sri Lanka's national dress: a sari with a waist frill and a full blouseCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaPuttapaka sari A silk ikat saree from Puttapaka village, with patterns tied into the warpSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaPasapali sari An Odisha ikat sari whose checks are named after a chessboard gambling gameIkat · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreHandloom sari Saris woven by hand on village looms in India and BangladeshSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaIlkal sari A Karnataka sari with a cotton body and a loop-joined silk palluCotton · Embroidery · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaChanderi sari A fine silk or cotton sari woven in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, with zari motifsSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpur sari A tussar silk sari from Bhagalpur, known for its dyeing and its handloomsSilk 🇮🇳 IndiaSambalpuri sari A handwoven Odisha sari patterned by tie-dyeing yarn before weavingSilk · Ikat · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaGadwal sari A handwoven sari from Telangana with a cotton body, silk border and zari palluCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaKanchipuram sari A silk sari from Kanchipuram with a separate contrast border locked onto the bodySilk · Zari work · Temple border 🇮🇳 IndiaDharmavaram silk sari A handwoven Andhra silk sari in mulberry silk and zari, made only on pit loomsSilk · Zari work · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaPatola sari A double ikat silk saree from Patan, Gujarat, with patterns dyed into both threadsSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaHabaspuri sari A tie-dye cotton handloom sari from Kalahandi, Odisha, with fish and temple motifsCotton · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaGarad sariগরদ শাড়ি A fine silk handloom sari from Murshidabad and Birbhum in West BengalSilk · Zari work · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaThirubuvanam silk sari A Thanjavur district silk sari with a wide zari border and matching palluSilk · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari Fine silk sari from Varanasi, patterned with zari and woven on foot-powered loomsSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaBanarasi sari A heavy silk brocade saree woven with gold and silver zari in VaranasiSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaKoorai silk sariகூரை பட்டு புடவை A nine-yard silk and cotton bridal sari from Koranad, checked, for Tamil Hindu weddingsSilk · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaUppada Jamdani sari A light handwoven silk sari from Uppada, Andhra Pradesh, with motifs on both facesSilk · Jamdani · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaBomkai sari A handloom Odisha saree with fish and temple threadwork on border and palluCotton · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaMangalagiri sari A cotton sari from Mangalagiri with a zari border and a plain bodyCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBandhani A tie-dye cloth of tiny knotted dots, made in Gujarat and Rajasthan for saris and turbansSilk · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaBhagalpuri silk A wild tussar silk saree crafted from forest silkworms native to IndiaTussar 🇮🇳 IndiaPhool Patti ka Kaam An appliqué and embroidery craft of Uttar Pradesh, once used for women's sarisCotton · Appliqué · Embroidery 🇳🇵 NepalChaubandi Cholo A wrapped cotton blouse with geometric prints from Nepal paired with a sari-style skirtCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaSrikalahasti kalamkari A Kalamkari style of dyed hand-painting on cloth, made in Srikalahasti, Andhra PradeshKalamkari · Hand painting 🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee A Manipur cloth with a stepped tooth motif woven in from both edgesCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaMundum neriyathumമുണ്ട് നേരിയത് Kerala's two-piece cotton wrap: a lower mundu and an upper neriyathuCotton · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaKhandua An Odia ikat sari, usually red or orange, worn at weddings and offered to JagannathSilk · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaLeheriya A Rajasthani tie-dye of diagonal stripes, rolled and bound before the dye goes inCotton · Tie-dye 🇮🇳 IndiaKasaragod saree A handwoven cotton sari from Kasaragod, Kerala, made for everyday wearCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaUttariya Ancient Indian upper garment of loose cloth draped over shoulders and armsCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaChendamangalam saree A hand-woven Kerala cotton sari with a dark tamarind-leaf line at its edgeCotton · Zari work · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaKandangi A checked cotton saree from Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, with a wide contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaMurshidabad silkমুর্শিদাবাদী রেশম A fine, light mulberry silk from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, woven mainly into sarisSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaGopalpur tussar silkଗୋପାଳପୁର ଟସର ବସ୍ତ୍ର A handwoven tussar silk cloth from a village in Jajpur district, OdishaTussar · Tie-dye 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreIkat A resist-dyeing method that patterns yarns before they are wovenCotton · Ikat 🇮🇳 IndiaAntariya An ancient lower body garment from India made of a long cotton or silk stripCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaShalu A sari from Varanasi that joins Paithani and Banarasi fabricsSilk · Zari work 🇮🇳 IndiaPaithani A handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra with zari borders and a peacock palluSilk · Brocade · Zari work 🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDhoti An unstitched cloth tied at the waist and worn to the ankle, the men's answer to the sariCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaSujini embroidery A Bihar quilt craft where women stitch stories with a simple running stitchCotton · Embroidery 🇮🇳 IndiaMalda silk Fine golden-yellow silk from Malda, West Bengal, woven into Baluchari and Garad sarisSilk 🇮🇳 IndiaChattayum mundumചട്ടയും മുണ്ടും A two-piece white cotton dress of Kerala's Syrian Christian womenCotton · Embroidery 🇨🇳 China and 5 moreBrocade A decorative shuttle-woven cloth with an extra weft, used for Banarasi saris.Silk · Brocade · Zari work 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree A Bengal handloom saree in cotton or silk, known for stepped extra-weft patterns.Cotton · Jamdani · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaBegampuri Sareeবেগমপুরী শাড়ি A handloom cotton saree from Begampur, West Bengal, with a contrasting borderCotton · Checks and stripes 🇮🇳 IndiaLanga voniలంగా వోణి A South Indian half sari: a string-tied skirt and a short diagonal upper clothSilk · Embroidery · Mirror work 🇮🇳 IndiaTansukh cloth A fine cotton cloth of medieval India, used for women's bodices and sarisCotton 🇮🇳 IndiaMadisarமடிசார் A nine-yard Tamil Brahmin sari drape, worn over one shoulder for ceremoniesSilk 🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreTangail saree A handwoven Bengali saree named for Tangail, woven in Bangladesh and West BengalCotton · Jamdani 🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 moreSbaiស្បៃ A shawl-like breast cloth derived from the sari, worn over one shoulder in Southeast AsiaSilk · Embroidery · Brocade 🇮🇳 IndiaGaji A coarse handloom cloth of cotton or silk, wrapped as a sari and used for winter clothingCotton

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The weekly drape

Every Monday: seven sarees you may not know, what is being worn this week, and one drape explained step by step.