Silk, the queen of fabrics:
Silk was discovered by accident, in ancient China, way back in 3000 BC. Even today, 5000 years after it was discovered, more than half the world's silk is produced in China.
Over the ages, silk has been considered very fashionable in the Indian sub-continent. In the olden days,the use of this fabric was restricted only to the affluent class. Today, silk - the queen of fabrics, adorns the wardrobes of the entire nation. In India Fashion sarees>, Silk occupies an unque place.
In India, silk is produced in small pockets spread across the country. South India
silk sarees
are well known for their traditional design and vibrant colors. Small towns like Kanchipuram and Dharmavaram in the south, and Banaras in the north, account for a majority of the silk produced in India.Made from natural protein fibre, silk is found in the cocoons of silkworms. A normal cocoon produces 500 to 900 metres of silk filament. Four to eight silk filaments are twisted together to obtain one strand of silk. Once the strands are formed, they are woven together to create a saree. It takes three skilled weavers, three to seven days to weave a silk saree. Composed of natural fibres, silk is biologically consistent with the human body. Due to its smooth surface and a low frictional co-efficient, far lower than that of other fabrics, silk is one of the most comfortable fabrics to wear.
Silk is a self-adjusting natural fabric which keeps the body cool in summer and warm in winter. Thanks to its porous nature, silk enables the dissipation of heat and perspiration in summer, keeping the body cool.
Every single filament of silk is composed of multiple exceptionally fine fibres. In fact, 38% of a silk thread is hollow. The air in this hollow space acts as a thermal shield and prevents the loss of warmth from the body during winter. Whether it's a warm summer afternoon or a cool winter evening, silk is a fabric that's ideal for every season of the year. Sakhi brings out the different variants of this queen of fabric in its best collection of Indian
designer sarees online
. Sakhi Fabrics
Kanchivaram
:With silk thread dipped in liquid gold and silver, these glorious motifs are brought to life by the gifted hands of artisans. Sakhi pays tribute to the age-old tradition of adorning
kanchivaram silk
, with a contemporary twist that suits the modern woman.
Chiffon Silk
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Crepe Silk
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Georgette Silk
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Tussar Silk
:Tussar silk is considered ideal as well as auspicious for marriages, religious ceremonies and other functions. Sakhi uses tussar in its original hue in addition to dyeing the rich gold shade in wonderful colours with beautiful motifs, to make it suitable for today's woman. Tussar, in combination with natural dyes like pomegranate, flower and fruit extracts exudes an understated yet classy elegance. Tussar also finds a special place in designer Chandra's collection as it is one of her favourite fabrics.
Organza Silk
:IIt has a smooth, flat finish and sports a characteristic shine, obtaining its stiffness from tightly twisted yarns. At Sakhi, organza silk finds its way into day and evening wear designs. The use of intricate hand embroidery on this preciously delicate silk makes it the epitome of elegance.
Cotton:
The soft, staple fibre that grows around the seeds of cotton, the tropical and subtropical shrub, produces this popular fabric. Cotton has an ease which lets the skin breathe well. Cotton has an excellent ability to absorb colour, which helps it manifest itself in myriad hues.
At Sakhi, one can find cotton in all its simplicity, with a simple elegant border, enhanced by thread work. But the ones most sought after are the weaving wonders, pure silk borders in vibrant hues with a contrastingly modest cotton body. This special weaving technique is called 'Korvai', wherein different base fabrics are interwoven. Embellished with innovative block print motifs, cotton takes on a new life.
Sakhi Story
Indian fashion is making waves globally. Well known Indian designers like
Ritu Kumar, Manish Malhotra, Manish Arora, Satya Paul, Neeta Lulla and others have a large following worldwide.
New brands like "Sakhi by Chandras" are fast emerging as designer brands that add to the glamour of
Indian designer sarees
. Sakhi focuses ondesigner sarees
that are wearable. They are exotic but at the same time elegant. They are unique but at the same time casual.Sakhi is a fast growing fashion outlet founded by the mother-daughter duo of Chandra Rajendran and Neeta.
Chandra is a designer with a keen eye for color and passion for design and her daughter Neeta brings a younger dimension to the designs and the brand.
Sakhi specializes what they call the "wearable design" - Indian
designer sarees
and other products that you can wear for multiple occasions with ease and always win a complement.Chandra's designer boutique has been active for more than 15 years, initially serving a close circle of friends.
The popularity of her designs caught up and whenever people wore her designs, heads turned and complements flowed.
And when Neeta, with an engineering degree and NIFT diploma in fashion under her belt joined her mother,
the mother-daughter combine launched "Sakhi by Chandras" as a new brand in 2005 in Bangalore.
From then on, Sakhi has grown into a well-respected brand for Indian woman's clothes today.
Sakhi launched its online shopping site making it one of the best experience for
Indian sarees online shopping.
Sakhi launched their Hyderabad outlet in Oct'09.With a clientele spreading across the world, Sakhi is constantly reinventing itself while not losing its core focus of creating wearable designs for the Indian woman.
Why Sakhi?
Sakhi By Chandras, the fast growing fashion outlet founded by the mother-daughter duo of Chandra Rajendran and Neeta offers a range of exclusive range of
Indian designer sarees
, salwars and kurtis.Sakhi offers an extensive collection of Indian
sarees online
Sakhi ensures prompt delivery world wide, taking extra care to ensure the product reaches you in mint condition within the date specified making Sakhi one of the most reliable places to
buy sarees online
.At Sakhi you can also find exclusive Salwars that can be customized to suits your measurements or just the fabric. That means you can by either custom stitched or unstitched material at Sakhi.
In addition to an exclusive collection of
designer sarees
from India, Sakhi also offers custom creation of classic stylesdesigner Saree blouses
that goes well with many of the sarees.Sakhi ensures the collection stays fresh and one can look forward to regular updates on our fashion pages. The color themes are very current and high fashion.
Sakhi guarantees that the product you receive is identical to the one seen by you on our site Sakhifashions.com
Sakhi's offerings combine the best of material and crafts in a stylish design making them a genuine collector's item.
Sakhi Products
Sakhi always holds an interesting collection - vibrant combinations of colors, craft and fabric.
In most countries around the world, women have switched out of their traditional dresses to western style very fast.
Unlike their counter parts, Indian women continue to proudly wear clothes that are modern but have a strong connect to Indian culture -
weather Sarees, Salwars, Kurtis or whatever. Sakhi helps the modern Indian woman with a great combination of
colors, crafts, materials and design patterns making Sakhi the best source of Indian
designer sarees online
.Sakhi's Sarees
Sakhi has an excellent collection of Indian
silk sarees
including the queen of silkskancheepuram silk sarees
(akaKanchi silk sarees
or Kanchi Pattu Sarees). When high quality material like Chiffon, Crepe, Tussar, Organza, georgette, Kancheewaram, Cotton, etc, intricate crafts like Cutwork, Kalamkari, Shadow-work, Hand embroidery, Block-prints, Sequins, Badla, Applique, Ari-work, Kundan etc. in glorious colors like fuscia-pink, golden-yellow, aqua-blue, burnt-rust, deep-green, peach, lavendar, sober-ash, turquoise blue, etc, combined seamlessly in Sakhi's wearable designs adds to the glamour of Indian fashion sarees.Sakhi's Designer Saree Blouses
Sakhi brings out stunning designer saree blouses featuring pure Kanchi silk in rich colors like bottle green, rich reds, classic mustard, black and other colors.
With exotic designs using crafts like kundan, cut work, kalamkari, hand embroidery etc, sakhi's designer saree blouses make a great match to the designer sarees from Sakhi.
Sakhi provides custom stitching making it a one stop store for the clients.
Sakhi's Salwars
Sakhi carries an exotic collection of silk and hand spun cotton salwars. Excellent material like Kanchi silk, Crepe, Chiffon, Tusser silk are used for Salwars and Dhuppattas.
They also include craft work like cutwork, block print, kundan, appliqué work etc. You can purchase as a fabrics or use custom stitching.
Today's Trends
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Designer Chandra's pick of the month is an elegant Kanhcivaram Silk saree in Blueish Green hue with contrast mustard colour in a concept Partly Pallu design.
This unique saree concept features slant Zari lines in the Pleats and Pallu and a visual contrast is the area from pleats to pallu
sporting elaborate hand painted Kalamkari patches appliquéd. The appliquéd portion is further worked upon with various hand embroidery techniques like
Ari work, Petta work , Wequins work..
Kalamkari hand craft literally meaning drawing with a pen, sarees featuring the kalamkari craft have been adorned by women over the ages.
There are two distinct styles of kalamkari - Srikalahasti and Machalipatnam. The fabric gets its glossiness from its immersion in milk and resin.
Kalamkari fabrics are created in seventeen steps, using only natural dyes, with numerous washes.
Typically, the motifs capture the essence of temple architecture and scenes from great epics.
The muted kalamkari motifs in maheshwari silk or cotton are appliqued onto rich vibrant kanchivaram silks.
One can also find this work of art handcrafted on tussar silk, crepe, chiffon, georgette and cotton.
Kalahasti and Masulipatnam located in the state of Andhra Pradesh in south India are well known for various forms of kalamkari.
Sakhi borrows from this craft and brings alive the soul of kalamkari with fashionable designs
Kanchivaram is one of the superior silk fabrics in the world, kanchivaram is woven by skilled weavers from the famed temple town of Kanchipuram.
The designs on this luxurious silk reflect finely crafted motifs inspired by the temples of Tamil Nadu.
With silk thread dipped in liquid gold and silver, these glorious motifs are brought to life by the gifted hands of artisans.
Sakhi pays tribute to the age-old tradition of adorning kanchivaram silk, with a contemporary twist that suits the modern woman.
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