Festive Sarees

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in deep crimson, patterned with a small peacock buti in silver and gold zari set in rows across the body — a charmin...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in vivid cobalt blue, patterned with a bold butterfly buti in gold zari that lifts and scatters across the whole dra...

A handwoven Banarsi saree in soft dusty lilac, light and airy in the hand, with a small floral buti scattered sparingly in pale zari and touches of...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in deep royal blue, patterned with an upright cypress-tree buti in silver and gold zari arranged in neat rows across...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in rich wine, worked all over with a dense floral jaal in gold zari — full open blossoms held within a trellis of vi...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in deep rust, covered edge to edge in a flowing floral jaal of silver zari — blossoms, leaves and winding vines that...

A Banarasi saree in yellow and green do rukhi tonality, woven in Katan silk with densely packed Tanchoi motifs carried in resham across the body. D...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in vivid magenta, patterned all over with a slender cypress-tree buti in gold and silver zari set in even vertical r...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in deep magenta, worn plain across the body so the colour carries the drape. The saree is framed on both edges by a ...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in a deep, glowing red, covered edge to edge in a dense floral jaal of gold zari. Woven into the trailing vine are t...

A handwoven Banarsi georgette saree in a deep royal blue, with a light, fluid drape. Across the body sit small rose butis worked in meenakari — sof...

A rani pink Banarsi silk saree carrying a diamond-set buti in gold zari — a four-petal rosette held inside a lozenge frame, repeated in even diagon...

A deep teal Banarasi silk saree left entirely plain across the body, so the colour and the fall of the silk carry the piece on their own. The motif...

A blush-peach Banarasi silk saree scattered with paired tota butis — facing parrots worked in fine zari hatching, their crests and wings picked out...

A pale champagne-gold Banarasi silk saree carrying a leaf-shaped meenakari boota, each motif drawn in fine zari hatching and lit inside with coral,...

A featherlight Banarsi cotton saree in soft ivory, its sheer body scattered with small leaf-and-bloom butis picked out in pastel rose, powder blue,...

A reversible Banarsi silk saree woven in two voices: one face a deep red scattered with tiny blue diamond butis, the other a rich royal blue pricke...

A red Banarsi silk saree with small leaf-shaped butis in gold zari spaced evenly across the body — a spare, classic layout that lets the colour lea...

A slate grey Banarsi silk saree scattered with paired parrot butis, the birds picked out in silvery zari with touches of teal and green woven into ...

Styling Note A Nivi drape carries this composition best — the pallu placed long over the shoulder so the border reads in full down the front. Pair ...

A lavender-grey Banarsi silk saree traced with diagonal garlands of flowering vine, the leafy sprays alternating between silver and pale gold zari ...

A steel-grey Banarsi silk saree alive with paired bird butis — small parrots and peacock-forms in silvery zari, warmed with touches of rose, orange...

A Banarsi silk saree in muted mauve — a dusty rose-taupe that shifts with the light — set with slender floral butas in pale gold zari across the bo...

A slate-blue Banarasi silk saree veiled in a dense all-over jaal, the foliate tracery worked in pale zari so the whole ground reads as brocade shot...

A dove-grey Banarsi silk saree crossed with diagonal vine stripes that alternate between gold and silver zari, the lustrous grey ground holding bot...

A burnt-rust Banarsi silk saree carrying paisley-form floral butas in muted gold, each one lit from within by touches of rose, magenta and gold mee...

A light, sheer Banarsi saree in warm cream, scattered with small meenakari butis that pick up soft blue, coral and rose against the pale ground. Th...

A lavender Banarsi georgette saree scattered with bird butis woven in zari — small birds perched on flowering sprigs, each buti lifted with fine to...

A rose-pink Banarsi silk saree scattered with guldasta butas — bouquet sprays woven in silver zari and filled with meena blossoms in aubergine, cri...

A deep red Banarsi silk saree carrying a continuous gold zari jaal — flowering vines that lattice the entire body, each blossom picked out with a s...

A feather light cotton Banarsi saree in mist blue, its sheer ground scattered with small silver zari butis — delicate floral sprigs spaced evenly s...

A deep maroon Banarsi silk saree scattered with floral butas woven in zari — each buta a small bouquet of blossom and paisley that catches the ligh...

A vivid marigold-orange Banarsi silk saree scattered with paired parrot butis, each bird woven in gold zari with touches of magenta meenakari at th...

A rich red Banarsi silk saree covered edge to edge in a fine brocade jaal of gold zari — a dense tracery of small flowering vines and leaves worked...

A dove-grey Banarsi silk saree with spaced floral butas woven in two tones of zari — silver-white flowering sprigs picked out with gold-zari blosso...

A cream-and-beige Banarsi silk saree woven with a tone-on-tone floral jaal in gold zari — interlocking floral medallions traced softly across the g...

A midnight-navy Banarsi silk saree carrying a continuous floral jaal in pale gold and silver zari — large flowering blooms and serrated leaves link...

A soft lilac Banarsi silk saree scattered with small bird buti woven alternately in gold and silver zari, so the motifs catch the light in two tone...

A rose-pink Banarsi saree strewn with multi-colour floral bouquet buti — clusters of red, mustard, violet and cream blossoms outlined in fine threa...

A soft lemon-yellow Banarsi saree woven in a tonal, self-coloured floral jaal — ivory blossoms spread edge to edge in a continuous mesh across the ...

A rich rani-pink Banarsi silk saree patterned with rows of peacock buti woven in gold and silver zari. The two-tone birds are spaced evenly across ...

A dusty rose Banarsi saree in a fine, sheer weave, scattered with small gold zari buti that sit lightly across the body. The delicate paisley-leaf ...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in a soft ivory cream, with floral bunch motifs placed along the lower body and anchal. Each bunch is woven in muted...

A handwoven Banarsi silk saree in warm rust orange, its body scattered with delicate floral butis worked in silver zari. The butis sit in measured ...

A golden-mustard Banarsi silk saree worked in an all-over diamond lattice of tiny buti, each small motif flecked with touches of colour so the fiel...

A warm marigold-orange Banarsi silk saree, its body lit with scattered butterfly buti woven in fine silver zari. The little winged motifs sit in me...

A classic red Banarsi silk saree sprinkled with floral buti in gold and ivory zari across a rich crimson ground. The pallu is the centrepiece — a p...

A vivid purple Banarasi silk saree drawn over with diagonal aada stripes of floral jaal in silver zari. The vines of bloom run rhythmically across ...