Showing posts with label textiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textiles. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2010

National Handloom Fair in Bangalore, Early Jan 2010

The start of silk.

Silkworms emerging.
Crunching on mulberry leaves.
Products used in the production of silkworms and silk. These were shown outside the handloom fair, where a wide range of products from throughout India were shown.
Bamboo lighting.
Kashmiri embroidery.
Quilts.
Bags of all sorts.

Shawls and carpets.
More embroidered shawls.
More Kashmiri embroidery.
Cute outfits for little girls.
Jaipuri quilts.
A bag made of old saris and fabrics.
Yet another bag.
A pile of bags.

If you can't tell, I LOVE these shows, even though I usually don't buy much. I used to go explore them with my Hungarian friend Betty, who is now back in Budapest. I still like going, but it's not quite as much fun alone.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Fabric and bangles




Beautiful silk and cotton pieces.
Scarves, shawls, and dupattas.

Bangles of all sorts.

All these shots are on the side streets off Commercial Street in Bangalore.

Kurtas, salwars, and churidars in stores

Salwars (loose-fitting pyjama-type pants), churidars (tight-fitting, legging-type pants), and duppattas (the scarves which usually match the pants)


Here are designer kurtas sold at a store run by the designer in the Esteem Mall.