Saris ,..never thought so much is there to know
Saris have been a favorite part of almost every Indians girl's fantasy, as they see their moms dressing up every day and especially on special days. It is like the ultimate way of stating I am all grown up now.
But never in my one quarter of a lifetime did I ever think, it could go beyond the Indian shores. I found two books in the local library here in a suburb in Illinois- "The Sari- styles, patterns, history and techniques" - by Linda Lynton. I was amzed at the depth of the research in it and the pictures of old statues, saris, people wearing them. IT is really fascinating to read all this and the pics are also great, by Sanjay Singh( I am partial to this name, coz my husband's name is..).Here's where you can read more abt this.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0500283788/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-5664633-3770329?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
I might soon be writing a review here, wait for that before u go buy this book.
Another that I found was the "The sari" by Mukulika Bannerjee. It is more like a coffee table book with photo essays of how the Sari figures in everyday life and how it changes as you are working, socializing or just plain doing nothing.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1859737323/thecostumersmani/104-5664633-3770329
Interesting read, but not very helpful for me, as I was looking for some info on Saris. I was helping out some people get a fashion show organized in diffferent types of saris, patterns and styles.
I coulndt find anything not even a website on the new contemporary look of the Sari. Guess it is also the name of a fashion designer so ..I also got Sari Gueron when I googled the sari. huh!
There is also this anthropologist Chantal Boulanger http://www.devi.net/Chantal.html
who's written a book on the different styles of draping a sari."Saris: An illustrated guide to Indian art of draping". http://www.devi.net/saribook.html
THere is also some exhibition in St Paul Minnesota which has this person's exhibit, videos and demos and lectures etc on the ARt of sari Draping. Seems just my kinda of thing, but afsos, can't get my hands on it. It is expensive and also none of the libraries I know have it.
So I am stuck.
Anyways, I have now have this all sorts of info abt sari and i just want to lose it
So I am gonna stick it out here.
But never in my one quarter of a lifetime did I ever think, it could go beyond the Indian shores. I found two books in the local library here in a suburb in Illinois- "The Sari- styles, patterns, history and techniques" - by Linda Lynton. I was amzed at the depth of the research in it and the pictures of old statues, saris, people wearing them. IT is really fascinating to read all this and the pics are also great, by Sanjay Singh( I am partial to this name, coz my husband's name is..).Here's where you can read more abt this.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0500283788/ref=pd_sim_b_1/104-5664633-3770329?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
I might soon be writing a review here, wait for that before u go buy this book.
Another that I found was the "The sari" by Mukulika Bannerjee. It is more like a coffee table book with photo essays of how the Sari figures in everyday life and how it changes as you are working, socializing or just plain doing nothing.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1859737323/thecostumersmani/104-5664633-3770329
Interesting read, but not very helpful for me, as I was looking for some info on Saris. I was helping out some people get a fashion show organized in diffferent types of saris, patterns and styles.
I coulndt find anything not even a website on the new contemporary look of the Sari. Guess it is also the name of a fashion designer so ..I also got Sari Gueron when I googled the sari. huh!
There is also this anthropologist Chantal Boulanger http://www.devi.net/Chantal.html
who's written a book on the different styles of draping a sari."Saris: An illustrated guide to Indian art of draping". http://www.devi.net/saribook.html
THere is also some exhibition in St Paul Minnesota which has this person's exhibit, videos and demos and lectures etc on the ARt of sari Draping. Seems just my kinda of thing, but afsos, can't get my hands on it. It is expensive and also none of the libraries I know have it.
So I am stuck.
Anyways, I have now have this all sorts of info abt sari and i just want to lose it
So I am gonna stick it out here.
Labels: fashion shows, Saris
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