Friday, September 7, 2018

The simplicity and beauty of the Ilkal Saree " The festival of Lord Ganesh and what you could wear"

Simple is beautiful, in today's fast paced life of constantly trying to better each other, there is no space to accept simplicity. Be it in clothes, food or our life choices we are trying to dazzle the people around us.
What we seem to forget is there is a grace in simplicity which overshadows the most embellished piece of cloth. It stands tall with its clean lines and solid color making its pristine existence drown out all the other noise.

This being my what to wear for the Ganpati Festival series the theme is "Simplicity with Panache" one of the sarees that absolutely fits this bill is the "Ilkal Saree"



This is a Ilkal in cotton fabric


Ilkal Saree takes its name from the town of Ilkal in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka state.  Ilkal sarees are woven using cotton warp on the body and art silk warp for border and art silk warp for the Pallu.



This purple hue with a red border is simply stunning. Silver jewelry worn with it will make you look like a goddess form yesteryear 




           This is An Ilkal saree with Kasuti designs embroidered on it

The most distinctive feature of  the Ilkal Sree is the use of a form of embroidery called Kasuti. The designs used in kasuti reflect traditional patterns like palanquins, elephants and lotuses. These sarees are usually nine yards in length and the pallu of the Ikal saree carries designs of temple towers. The end region of the pallu is made up of pattens of different shapes like hanige (comb), Koti Kammli (fort ramparts), toputenne (jowar) and rampa(mountain range).




The dark pink with a temple border is elevates the saree to  a occasion wear



The peacock blue with a bright orange border will look divine on any complexion



This is the traditional green with a lovely contrasting purple border one of my favorites 

I have absolutely loved the collection that Ajio has curated of their Ilkal Sarees and surely recommend the purchase for the price range they offer.

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