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Fashion and SustainabilityHandloom Gifts by Budget: Stoles, Dupattas and Sarees for Every Occasion
Stoles from about ₹2,000, dupattas, and silk sarees for weddings: handloom gift ideas by budget, by person and by occasion.
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Handcrafted Dupatta
Wedding-Season Dupattas: Banarasi, Silk and Bandhani, and How to Wear Them
The dupatta is the wedding outfit. Banarasi, Bandhani and Paithani explained, how to pair a heavy dupatta with a plain suit, and drapes by function.
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Handcrafted Dupatta
Stole vs Dupatta vs Shawl: What's the Difference and When to Wear Each
A dupatta completes an outfit, a stole accessorises one, a shawl keeps you warm over one. Sizes, fabrics, drapes and which one to buy.
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Handcrafted Dupatta
How to Wear a Stole or Dupatta in Winter: 8 Drapes That Work
Neck wrap, loop, over-the-coat and five more ways to wear a stole or dupatta in winter, plus which handloom fabrics actually keep you warm.
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Handcrafted Dupatta
Suit and Dupatta Colour Combinations: 15 Pairings That Work
Red with green, black with red, ivory with anything: 15 suit and dupatta colour combinations that work, and the three rules behind them.
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Fashion and Sustainability
How to Wash, Store and Care for Handloom Sarees, Silks and Natural-Dye Cloth
Cotton, silk, zari, Ajrakh, Kota — every handloom has its own rules, and most damage happens in the cupboard. A fibre-by-fibre care guide with a ca...
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Saree Guide
Navratri Nine Colours in Handloom: What to Wear Each Day, and Why
Nine days, nine colours, and a handloom answer for each — plus how to dance in a saree and how to cover the whole list with a handful of good pieces.
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Handcrafted Suits
Kota Doria and Zari Kota: The Lightest Handloom for the Festive Season
The lightest handloom India makes, with a check you can see through. What Kota Doria is, what zari adds, and how to wear it through the festive sea...
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Saree Guide
Types of Silk Sarees in India: Mulberry, Tussar, Silk-Cotton and the Weaves Built on Them
Silk saree names mix up fibre and weave. Mulberry, tussar and silk-cotton explained, then Kanjivaram to Maheshwari — and which to wear when.
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