Related Keywords: Benares silk sari, factory made Chinese weaves, hand woven traditional fabric, losing popularity strakes to trendy, reinvest the fabric, Textile Ministry, twenty four designers met
Benares silk sari, an age old rich, painstakingly hand woven traditional fabric of India, once the prized possession of every Indian woman and an essential item in a bride’s trousseau is quickly losing out in the popularity strakes to trendy, - factory made Chinese weaves. To save it from turning into a museum relic, top twenty four designers from India recently met in the city of Benares, Uttar Pradesh, along with top officials from India’s textiles ministry, to brainstorm on how to reinvent the fabric.