Specification

• Category: Ladies
• Craft: Itajime Shibori
• Weave: Chanderi Handloom
• Material: Silk cotton
• Dye: Natural dye- Indigo and Lac
• Length:  5.2 meters
• Blouse Piece: Yes 
• Body: Brown background with big Teal color flowers
• Border: Thin zari border
• Pallu: Same as body with Thin zari stripes
• Fall and Picot edge: Yes

Description:

Shibori is a manual cloth resist dyeing technique which results in beautiful patterns on fabric. It originated in Japan, the earliest known example of cloth dyed with a shibori technique dates from the 8th century. Shibori, from the verb root Shiboru, means to wring, squeeze or press.

Natural dyes are a nontoxic alternative to conventionally used synthetic dyes that are causing irreversible damage to the planet. A number of plant-based dyes such as madder, indigo and Tesu flowers are used to obtain a wide range of colors and in fact, results in vibrant colors. They are dyed in Kutch, Gujarat using vegetable dyes.