Varanasi again. Because when it comes to Tissue Banarasi, there's really only one city that does it right.
This one came out in a warm olive-gold the kind of colour that doesn't shout but doesn't need to.
Lucknow's Zardozi artisans worked on it, then Kashmir's Aari work was added. Aari is a 12th century
craft a hooked needle pulled through fabric, stitch by stitch, creating floral patterns so fine they look
painted. Then Moti, scattered by hand across the body.
Three cities. One saree. Zero occasion required.