Genelia Deshmukh’s summer-appropriate sari highlighted bandhani and thread embroidery

While the forecasts are clearing up, Genelia Deshmukh will convince you to make the saris your first stopover port. For a recent outing, she turned to an elegant green drape in the Anushree label. Built using a breathable bandhani, it will appeal to lovers of crafts, color and comfort.

Stylish by Pranay Jaitly and Shounak Amonkar, the Green Forest Sari of Genelia Deshmukh was offset with complex red points characteristic of Bandhani. The form of secular art, originally from Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, dates back to the caves of Ajanta, which represent women in clothes featuring dye patterns. These models were also observed in Jain handwritten paintings from the 12th century. In generations, Bandhani has retained his status as a first choice for women of a certain elegance. His heritage craftsmanship is delivered with his own lexicon – the word Sanskrit bandawhich results in “to link”. Bandhani comes to life thanks to a dying technique of resistance, where the textile is torn from nails and attached with a cotton thread, forming figurative designs such as elephants, parrots, peacocks, dancing humans, flowers, diamond tank barfis and mirror inspired by mango. Finally, the fabric is dyed in the desired color. This is a work and time process that can take between four months and a year to finish, depending on the number of craftsmen involved, but the results are unprecedented.