The House of Shivarnika
Six looms. Four regions. One standard.
We commission a small number of sarees each season, directly from weaving families in Varanasi, Kanchipuram, Chanderi and Bhagalpur. Nothing is powerloomed, nothing is rushed, and every drape carries the name of the hands that made it.
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The Curated Six
The Craft
Chapter One
The yarn is chosen before the design
Mulberry silk is sorted by hand for lustre and evenness. A single flaw in the warp will show for the life of the saree, so the weaver rejects more than he keeps.
Chapter Two
Eleven weeks on a pit loom
The naksha punch cards are strung above the loom like sheet music. Two weavers work in rhythm, one at the pedals, one at the shuttle, advancing a few centimetres a day.
Chapter Three
Gold that is woven, never printed
Real zari — silver wire gilded in gold, wound on silk core. It is what gives the pallu its weight, and what lets the saree be restored a generation from now.
Lookbook
Aangan — Spring Ceremonies
Woven for the hour before the ceremony
Fifteen pieces photographed in an eighty-year-old haveli in Jaipur, in the light we design for.
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From the atelier
Letters from the loom
New weaves, weaver stories, and first access to limited drops. Once a month, never more.