Now Wear Gold Sarees
EXPERIMENTATION SEEMS to be her second name now. Not resting on her laurels designer Deepika Govind in collaboration with Mysore Silks (a Karnataka government subsidiary) has now launched an exclusive limited range of saris using pure gold thread.
- PUBLISHED: Sat 5 May 2007, 10:14 AM UPDATED: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 12:29 AM
- By:
- Ramesh Menon (Contributor)
- Almost 1 gramme of gold per thread / strand of zar
- Highest amount of gold ever used in a saree
- Gold, silver copper and pure silk is the composition of the yarn
- Limited editions of sarees - only five pieces in each design and each of these five is in a unique colour combination
- Swarovski was asked to create crystal motifs according to the design of the jacquard motifs
- Each saree weights about 1.5 kg.