Purple Behl Gaadi -

Inspiration

You have not done it all if you have not had every bone and nerve rattled in the quintessential mitti ki rasta of a gaon in India. Adorned horns and husky hooves carry you down dusty stretches of our green villages.

With spunk and chutzpah you shall carry Behl Gaadi on your saree.

Details

Length: 5.5 m; Width: 47 inches

Blouse Piece: Included with the saree of length 90-100 cm. The blouse worn in the photographs is only for styling.

Maintenance: Dry Clean and light iron

Disclaimer: The pictures are clicked in natural light. Colour may vary slightly from the image. Since these products are purely hand worked, there may be variations in the weave, colours and prints. Please accept them as beauty of a hand-made product.

Description

Fabric:

The prints bloom in an altogether artistic appeal on the pure organic cotton (100% cotton), grown in India. Organic cotton is regular cotton that is grown organically without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals such as fertilizers or pesticides aside from the ones allowed by the certified organic labeling. The drape is light and comfortable. This cotton hugs you softly. It might benefit from starching after 4-5 wears but starching is not necessary at all.

Printing:

The motifs are screen printed on the fabric. Screen printing is a method in which ink is applied directly to the surface to be printed (substrate). The image to be printed is photographically transferred to a very fine fabric (the screen) such that the non-printing areas are blocked off and the fabric serves as a stencil. The ink is wiped across the screen to pass through the unblocked pores and reach the substrate. For each color to be printed a separate screen is prepared and the process is repeated. It is tedious and painstakingly done by hand.

Purple Behl Gaadi