Andhra Silk Cotton Dress Material Golden Yellow Zari Stripe

This Andhra silk cotton sico dress material is a three piece unstitched set a golden yellow top a matching bottom and an ivory and yellow dupatta handwoven in the silk cotton tradition of Andhra Pradesh The top has a lustrous shot sheen with a fine zari edge while the dupatta is striped across with silver white zari framed by a zari border and finished with hand knotted tassels The giveaway of a handwoven sico is the way it changes colour in the light silk in one direction and cotton in the other so the gold glows and shifts as the cloth turns a powerloom imitation reads as one flat tone The zari is woven in not stuck on turn the fabric over and the metallic stripe carries through to the back as continuous thread where a printed gold line would sit only on the face Look closely and the weave shows tiny slubs with the stripe spacing drifting by a hair the mark of a hand at the loom and the dupatta s tassels are hand knotted after the cloth comes off the loom Sico silk and cotton interlocked as warp and weft on a pit loom gives the set the sheen and fall of silk with the breathability of cotton a hallmark of Andhra Pradesh s handloom weavers Genuine handloom pieces often carry the Handloom Mark Stitch the top and bottom into a kurta and pant or salwar set and drape the ivory zari dupatta for festive mornings daytime functions or office wear Pair with silver or temple jewellery and let the golden weave do the talking