4\/100 #100sareepact<\/p>\n
As a child I was always smitten by my Amma, her sarees, the way she would starch and drape her sarees and carry herself ever so gracefully. I loved most of her sarees, but there were a few favourites that I used to silently covet. She had this absolutely stunning black and white patola with a purple border and everytime I saw it my heart skipped a beat. As I grew up, I did get to wear it a couple of times and I would feel at the top of the world everytime I draped it. Then came a day when we had to retire the saree as it started tearing at the folds and I cried many a tears as I said goodbye.<\/p>\n
So when I was engaged to get married and my other Amma (Prado\u2019s mom) told me that I had to select five sarees that she would like to present to me to be included in my trousseau, and that one of the sarees should be a black and white saree. I immediately wanted a B&W patola. And my oh my did I search the whole of Mumbai for it. Right from Thane to Parel to Borivli and finally found what I looking for from our very own Nallis in Mahalakshmi. The salesman told us that it took four or five members of a family of artisans labour and toil for more than 5-6 months to bring out this unique creation in silk. Both sides of this Patola have the same look and feel which is indeed unique for any textiles.<\/p>\n
Friends, this is the exquisite handwoven, black and beige patola that was a loving gift from one Amma inspired by another Amma \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4\/100 #100sareepact As a child I was always smitten by my Amma, her sarees, the way she would starch and drape her sarees and carry herself ever so gracefully. I loved most of her sarees, but there were a few favourites that I used to silently covet. She had this absolutely stunning black and white…<\/p>\n