Indian Wedding Sarees, Wedding Sarees In India

Weddings are a way of life in India. Wedding wear sarees are fabrics of finery and trappings that include traditional bridal wear sarees. Bridal sarees, bridesmaid sarees, saris worn by women of the family, relatives and guests attending the ceremonies like mehandi, sangeet, haldi, marriage, reception are all resplendent silk wedding sarees of different varieties and styles. Customs vary across India; the wedding sari remains a common feature.

South Indian Wedding Sarees

The Pattu silk saree of south India, is exclusively soft feel, of rich thread work, attractive motifs, patterns and contrast borders. People buy sarees for the excellent weave quality and adorning features like zardozi, ari, gota embroidery, kundan work, mirror work, chamki work etc. that make them grand wedding wear sarees. Popular Traditional silk handloom centres in South India for the wedding sari include Mysore, Bangalore, Kanchipuram or Kanjeevaram, Arani, Rasipuram, Chettinad, Coimbatore, Dharmavaram, Venkatagiri, Pochampally, Narayanpet, Uppada, Gadwal and Mangalagiri.

North Indian Wedding Sarees

North Indians buy Indian wedding sarees like the Banarasi silks for wedding sarees, with traditional decorative finery and decorative zari work in pure gold and silver. The Chanderi Wedding Sarees in Silk and Sico, are known for their sheer quality, fine texture, zari brocades, embroidery using Zardosi, Ari, Gota, Chikan etc. Hand-woven Chattisgarh & Bhagalpuri Tussar Silk sarees are known for their zari borders, motifs, hand crafted designs, tribal art that enrich them. Nowadays wedding sarees online provide the opportunity to explore the range and purchase sarees online. Attractive, trending Designer sarees are included in wedding purchases when people shop sarees online.

East and West Indian wedding sarees online

Bengal and Odisha, and Assam, Manipuri and Meghalaya are hubs of wedding sarees. Baluchari and Jamdhani silks, Sambalpuri, Patachitra and the Bomkai, Muga and Eri silks showcase the variety and vibrancy of fine handlooms for wedding saris. Assam and Meghalaya sarees are known for durability and texture with eye-catching patterns in zari and fashion prints of batik, block, bandhini lehriya. You have adornments with kundans, beads, and pearls to add to the allure. Bengal saris have silk brocade designs, attractive motifs on bright backdrops. Jamdhani hand weaving, Dhaniakhali and Thangail weaving styles with gold thread motifs in geometric patterns and floral designs and motifs from nature, flora, fauna accentuate the look further. The royal finery of Paithani silks and the extraordinary weave quality of Maheshwari, Rajkot, Kota silks, make them exclusive and sought after for grand weddings in West India.

Designer wedding sarees

The ultra- modern prefer to that is purely bridal designer with a lot of fusion and abstract designer prints, combining a host of embellishing features like zardozi, kundan work, patch borders etc. that make them high priced, eye-catching and exclusive wedding wear sarees online.

Buy sarees online at Unnati

When you buy saris online at Unnati, your trust is not misplaced. Devoted to Indian ethnic, with a feel of the market pulse, knowing its need for something new, innovative and catchy every now and then, Unnati makes it an unforgettable experience. 

 Contact: 

UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,

#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, 

General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), 

M.G.Road, 

Hyderabad-500003. 

AP, India.

Website : www.unnatisilks.com

Mirror Work – Traditional Art Finely Reflected In Modern Creations

Mirror work or Shisha embroidery is a traditional art using mirrors all over a fabric or in a portion of it, calculated to enhance its look and appeal. It continues to remain popular in modern times, with  innovative applications and additions.

Mirror Work, also known as shisha (mirror) embroidery, is a traditional art of affixing mirrors onto a fabric. It is known as Shisheh (Persian) or Abhala Bharat embroidery. It involves the fixing of small mirrors or other reflecting metal in different shapes, on clothes or apparel.

The Saree is a traditional garment of Indian women across the length and breadth of India. It offers a large canvas for any art work. Mirror work on sarees lends them a sparkling appearance. It also enhances the look of plain sarees or those with an otherwise dull appearance. Imaginatively used they tend to heighten the appeal of designer fabrics. Mirror work has been used effectively on a variety of fabrics like cotton, silk, chiffon, crepe, georgette and Supernet.

 The basic purpose of mirror work was decoration on a plain fabric. Traditional belief of the evil eye being warded off, through the deflection of the evil gaze from the wearer’s body, was also partly responsible for the popularity of mirror work fabrics in certain regions.

Today mirror work is used as a focal point of interest on a seemingly plain fabric, where it is meant to be an appeal lending accessory. A more innovative use is the subtle strategic positioning on the fabric as part of an intended design, where the mirror used in specific shapes could lend more life-like quality to the fabric. For example, it could be Bindi on the forehead of a woman’s face, very shapely sparkling eyes of a face or the centre of a flower in a floral pattern.

Shisha embroidery can be traced back to Iran in the 17^th century, was brought to India during the Mughal Rule. One of the Mughal queens is said to have encouraged the art. It originally started with the decorating of fabrics through reflective metal pieces such as Mica, Tin or Silver. Over a period of time, the use of glass pieces came into use. Thin bubbles of glass were blown for this purpose and then broken into small pieces. Current times have machine made glass with silver coating on the back, cut into desired shapes and sizes, and readily available at shops for fabric ornamentation. Sometimes Mica or hand-blown glass, are used as substitutes.

Circular shape is most popular, though other shapes like square, triangular, or some other geometrical shape like polygon, hexagon, also figure in the designs.

Mirrors are fixed to the fabric by placing the mirrors in the desired places and putting cross stitches over them in a pattern. The patterned stitches not only hold the mirrors in place but additionally contribute to the beauty of the saree as designs. Stitches that are made to hold the mirrors in place are generally chain stitch and herringbone stitch.

Mirror embroidery is popular in South Asian countries particularly India, Pakistan, Aghanistan and China. Initially practised only in Gujarat and Rajasthan, it is an art seen in most parts of the country.

There have been many saree creations that have made innovative use of mirror work and which have entered the market.

Unnatisilks & Mirror worked sarees

The range of mirror worked sarees and salwar kameez at Unnati silks is enviable. You have Pure handloom Bhagalpuri Dupion Silk  sarees with attractive prints, decorated by circlular shaped mirrors all over the body and with an elegant designer patch border and a mango booti design on the pallu. Lending awesome appeal to the wearer they would be appropriate for corporate executives and professors as suitable wear for parties and special occasions. Fancy Pure Crepe Satin Silk Sarees with block floral prints and mirror embroidery work, are nice drapes that would go well with evening parties, conferences and marriages.

Then you have innovative salwar kameez of pure chanderi silks with appliqué work and mango bootis decorating the kameez, matched appropriately with plain salwars and designer dupattas. A stunner, for those exclusive occasions! And Bagru block printed silk kameez with multi-coloured patch borders and chiffon dupattas completing the pretty picture.

All meant for the women of fashion who believe in innovativeness and sensation.

Mirror work has an appeal for designers, and the fashion world. Designer creations that would appeal to the fashionaistas of Bollywood and high society have regularly appeared on the market time to time and the appeal has widened to other strata of society as well.

An art that was once meant for Royalty and its desire for exclusiveness, has been explored and experimented with newer ideas and novel designs to keep the interest alive in this traditional method of decorating fabrics till date.

Pochampally silk saree - Devotion and dedication undimmed over time

Pochampally, in Telangana, India, is well-known for its Pochampally brand of sarees, the base fabric being cotton, silk or a blend of the two. The exquisite finish of the saree comes through the dyeing and weaving of pre-coloured threads which are dyed according to the Ikat or Ikkat technique.

The special technique of the Pochampally silk weave

The Ikkat technique involves applying bindings which resist dye penetration to the threads in pre-determined patterns and then dyeing the threads. These threads are then woven to produce the desired pattern. When several colours are used, the dyeing process on the threads is repeated for each of the colours chosen. Then the fabric is woven with the multi-coloured threads into the pattern. Within the ikkat style of dyeing are methods of single-ikkat and double-ikkat. Single ikkat has two variants – warp ikkat where the warp threads are dyed after applying resists according to pattern on the warp threads. After that, only, is the weaving done. In the weft ikkat it is the weft threads which are coloured by applying resists before the dyeing and then weaving is done. In either case the dyeing is done prior to the weaving so carefully that the pattern emerges as the weave progresses. In the double ikkat method both the warp and weft threads are dyed before weaving. Alternatively, in the tie-dye method it is quite the reverse of the Ikkat style of dyeing. Here the threads are first woven and the resist bindings then applied to the fabric before dyeing it.

Endearing features of the Pochampally silk saree

The painstaking efforts of the weavers in maintaining the purity of dyeing and weaving, including the control and placement of threads during the weave contribute largely to the complexity of the weave patterns and pleasing appearance of the sarees. Colours that are employed for the dyeing of threads are fast and well-chosen. No wonder the outcome of the Pochampally saree displays an extraordinary ethnic skill that is hard to match. Current trends see Pochampally silk saris with traditional designs, zari borders and elegant pallus with pleasing designs and colourful prints, making it a must-buy for weddings, festivals, traditional functions and even corporate wear.

Buy Online Pochampally silk sarees at Unnati Silks

Unnati Silks has many exquisite creations in Pochampally silk sarees that one can buy online. There are two special features that are notable. The stripes pattern design on the pallus between which there are floral patterns in double ikkat weaving. The main saree has attractive motifs in ikkat prints or ikkat weaving and borders with patola weaving. Colours chosen are bright and vibrant hues.

Buy Pochampally silk sarees online and get the Unnati advantage

Unnatisilks, largest ethnic online Indian shop offers exquisite designer Pochampally Silk saris with matching blouse for sale. The Online shopping store has the widest range of ethnic Indian Sarees and Salwar Kameez. At Unnati Silks, you can buy online unique, fancy, exclusive collection of Traditional, Wedding, bridal attire,stylish, party, trendy fashion, formal, corporate, office, daily casual saris in silk, cotton, sico, art silk georgette, chiffon, dupion, tussar, organza, crepe, gicha, jute and other fabric varieties at attractive prices. You can purchase online at Unnati silks and the products will be dispatched within 24 working hours of placing the order. We have free shipping and Cash on Delivery (COD) facility for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Ernakulam, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh and many other Indian cities. We also do Worldwide express shipping to countries like UK in cities like London, Leicester, Canada in cities like Ottawa, Quebec, USA in cities like New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Seychelles, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Myanmar, Mauritius, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, and Bhutan, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and many more.

Contact: 

UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,

#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, 

General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), 

M.G.Road, 

Hyderabad-500003. 

AP, India.

Website : www.unnatisilks.com

Enjoying the shimmer and shine of Raw silk sarees

The love for silk

Silk is a natural fibre shiny and lustrous, traditionally accepted as the finest and purest in yarns, hence considered as the fabric to be worn for religious occasions and traditional festivals in India. A prevailing custom, followed till date, its look and feel, its strength and lack of creases make it the preferred fabric for Indian women. Added to it are the endearing qualities of softness, smooth feel, warm and comfortable in the appropriate climatic conditions. Silk be of any form or variety, these natural properties are common to all.

The appeal of raw silk sarees

Raw silk sarees are liked by Indian women for the simple reason that there is a slightly dull to faint lustre that gives it a special look. Because of its slightly rough texture compared to pure silk, the colors on the saree assume a strange but liked vitality. The already grand looking saree is further given touch of elegance and captivating beauty by thematic prints, lovely bootis and other such decorative features on the pallu or end piece.

The characteristic raw silk

Raw silk is a filament yarn from which the gummy substance that comes with the silken yarn has not been separated. This sericin or sticky substance is removed by putting the cocoons in boiling water so that the gum separates out. The filament yarn is too fine to be woven directly. Hence the uneven strands are reeled in by hand and uniform strands are formed to make it suitable for weaving. Raw silk is of light biege to yellow colour.

Since the yarn is not even and lacks lustre, raw silk weaving produces a slightly dull and coarser fabric than one from pure silks. Raw silk threads are washed in soapy water to get some shine and then dyeing is done. Hand reeled threads can be combined to desired thickness for thin and light fabrics and for slightly heavier fabrics. Raw silk can be dyed with both natural and artificial dyes.

Buy raw silk sarees from Unnatisilks

There have been good fusion experiments on display in the exclusive raw silk collection of sarees till date. You have the eye-catching portion of the fabric, the pallu, subject to floral prints combined with embroidery, floral designer prints with checks or abstract patterns. You have dupion ghicha raw silk sarees in awesome colors, with the correct combination of field and borders with good designer prints on the pallu or end piece. The lustrous offerings with the zari borders make for rich lush fabrics that would do very well for any occasion.

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UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,

#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, 

General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), 

M.G.Road, 

Hyderabad-500003. 

AP, India.

Website : www.unnatisilks.com

Ghicha Sarees – enthralling tales woven in fabrics

Saree is the timeless traditional attire that has become elegantly gracing the voluptuous figure of Indian women for centuries.

Gicha or Ghicha is silken yarn obtained from cocoons which do not get included in the routine process of reeling in of Tussar silk directly from the cocoon. Gicha yarn is drawn by hand, out of tussar cocoons without any twisting.

Burst open Tussar cocoon during cooking are used to produce coarse and soft yarn by drawing filaments by hand and giving false twist on pitcher.

Gicha fabric is a medium weight fabric from tussar silk yarn which is hand woven in a unique form. Gicha yarn gives a coarse variety of untwisted threads of 4a to 6s. Finer Gicha as high as 30s can also be spun.

Gicha yarn is used as weft for the production of various union fabrics in combination with reeled silk or katia or even with cotton. The Jungle Gicha silk and Kosa silk (mainly produced in Chattisgarh from a worm similar to silk worm) are ales gimmicks. Gicha or Kosa are the names given to yarns that are not dyed when Tussar silk is reeled.

Gicha pure silk saris are designed with attractive motifs, unique patterns with tribal art designs, embroidery work, sequins and kundans decoration with floral zari, embroidery work, temple style, patch work borders and rich woven designer pallus, it is perfectly suitable for weddings, parties and festivals.

The Gicha pure handloom cotton saris are designed with latest batik, block, golden prints with embroidery work motifs, zari bootis and floral zari, patch, printed borders and elegant pallus, apt for festivals, traditional occasions and corporate wear.

Gicha saris are apt for weddings, parties, festivals, traditional occasions and corporate wear, to give a graceful look to the wearer.

Unnatisilks have a exclusive collection of Gicha saris with beautiful designs and eye-catching color combinations.

Unnatisilks, the largest ethnic online Indian shop offers exquisite designer Gicha saris for online sale. Our Online shopping store has the widest range of rich Indian Sarees and Salwar kameez. At Unnati Silks, you can buy unique, exclusive collection at affordable price. Unnati has a unique range of fusion salwar kameez where trending designs, patterns and colors have been incorporated in traditional styles of fabric manufacturers, and available in retail and wholesale.

You can purchase online at Unnati silks and the products will be dispatched within 24 working hours of placing the order. We have free shipping and Cash on Delivery (COD) facility for Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Ernakulum, Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Patna, Jaipur and many other Indian cities. We also do Worldwide express shipping to countries like Australia, United States Of America(USA), United Kingdom (UK), United Arab Emirates(UAE), Australia, United States of America (USA), Adelaide, Black Town, Brisbane, Gold coast, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Barking, Birmingham, Leicester, London, Manchester, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, South America, Sri Lanka and Sweden.

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UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,

#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, 

General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), 

M.G.Road, 

Hyderabad-500003. 

AP, India.

Website : www.unnatisilks.com

The exotic spread of Rajasthani cotton, sico weaves

The land of the desert, Rajasthan, is known for its wonderful spread of exotic fabrics in silk and cotton. Indian ethnic fare is displayed in a wide ranging variety of quality weaves in vibrant colours that thrill the heart. There are many traditional styles of weaving, dyeing and printing that have given it a niche place in Indian fabrics, both in traditional and trending.

The endearing quality of Rajasthani cotton and sico weaves

Rajasthani cotton is known for its soft and smooth texture and one that allows for a wide range of vibrant and soft colours in organic and man-made dyes. While its handlooms display the fine quality of weaving like seen in the Kota Doria, the traditional printing techniques like the Bagru, Dabu, rapid block printing etc. involving the ethnic methods of leheriya, bandhani tie & dye, Sanganer Block, Balotra rapid dye, pigment printing, batik have all been used to create sensational designs and patterns of modern taste, with the cotton fabric affording a good canvas for the display of such fine work. Floral designs, geometric shapes, abstract prints are all popularly chosen for the Rajasthani cotton and sico creations.

Buy online Rajasthani Cotton sarees at Unnati Silks

Unnati Silks has a fine collection of Rajasthani Kota cotton and sico sarees to buy online, with novel designer and floral prints in earthy hues and dark shades. Multi-colour bagru printed, floral dabu prints on the borders, block printed floral and mango bootis, large leaf buttis on the saree body and fresh never-before –seen flowery scapes on the designer pallu are what make the Unnati Silk Rajasthani cotton and sico sarees unique. There are others where the use of Stripes pattern in dual colours with zari borders, designer sarees with stripes and mango bootis in new geometrical arrangements is made.

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Unnatisilks, largest ethnic online Indian shop offers for you to buy online Rajasthani cotton sarees and Rajasthani Sico sarees with matching blouse for sale. Online shopping store with the widest range of ethnic Indian Sarees and Salwar Kameez. At Unnati Silks, you can buy online Rajasthani cotton saree from the exclusive range of saris - a unique, fancy, exclusive collection of Traditional, Wedding, bridal attire, stylish, party, trendy fashion, formal, corporate, office, daily casual saris in silk,cotton, sico, art silk georgette, chiffon, dupion, tussar, organza, crepe, gicha, jute and other fabric varieties at attractive prices.

You can buy online Rajasthani cotton sarees and Rajasthani sico saris at Unnati silks and the products will be dispatched within 24 working hours of placing the order. We havefree shipping and Cash on Delivery (COD)facility for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bhopal, Indore, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Dispur, Itanagar, Kohima, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jullundur, Ernakulam and many other Indian cities and towns. We also do Worldwide fast shipping or express shipping to countries like UK, Canada, USA, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Seychelles, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Myanmar, Mauritius, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and many more.

Contact: 

UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,

#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, 

General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), 

M.G.Road, 

Hyderabad-500003. 

AP, India.

Website : www.unnatisilks.com

Madhubani Prints - Fabrics inspired by the traditional paintings

Madhubani prints are the current favourites in sarees that the market seems to have become bewitched by. Soft and silky offerings that carry a testimony of what inspirational art is when there is a subject worth emulating. Sarees that carry thematic representations of the famous Madhubani paintings on the facing canvas, the pallu or end piece.

What is this Madhubani art about?

Madhubani art or Madhubani paintings, also known as Mithila paintings are a special form of painting done with fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, matchsticks being used as tools for painting while the paints used are natural dyes and pigments. The attraction of these paintings lies in the eye-catching geometrical patterns. Traditionally these paintings have their roots in Mithila, Nepal and close to Bihar on the Indian side. Madhubani paintings then took a more complex form in the paintings by moving on to occasion painting. Festivals, marriages, small ceremonies, Poojas etc. all found their way into these paintings, in detailed depictions and fine colors. Practised mainly by the women folk of that region, slowly Madhubani paintings became an art to be treasured, a national heritage.

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Unnatisilks, largest ethnic Indian shop online provides for you to buy online Madhubani Prints saris with matching blouse for sale. Online shopping store with the widest range of ethnic Indian Sarees and Salwar Kameez. At Unnati Silks, you can buy Madhubani Prints sari online from the exclusive range of saris - a unique, fancy, exclusive collection of Traditional, Wedding, bridal attire, stylish, party, trendy fashion, formal, corporate, office, daily casual saris in silk, cotton, sico, art silk georgette, chiffon, dupion, tussar, organza, crepe, gicha, jute and other fabric varieties at attractive prices.

Contact: 

UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,

#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, 

General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), 

M.G.Road, 

Hyderabad-500003. 

AP, India.

Website : www.unnatisilks.com