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Saree 101: The Chic Six-Yards Your Closet Needs
Chic LBDs, floaty anarkalis, silk kurtas or billowing tulle and lace gowns; your wardrobe can have all of these and yet not be complete because it’s missing that one iconic piece of clothing – the saree. Six yards of fantasy come alive in exquisite weaves, stirring motifs, and an unbelievable palette of colors, and you…
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Noori
Ethical and sustainable fashion lies at the heart of Jaypore’s ethos, and with Noori, our freshest collection of Ajrakh printed separates, we have taken this commitment to the next level. This collection has been crafted from a tapestry of excess fabric, to ensure that not even a scrap goes to waste. Elevated with nifty hems,…
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Sania
Live like royalty in resplendent vintage Benarasi silk brocade kurtas The brocades of Benaras have a long and storied past, ‘Naqshabands,’ master draftsmen from Central Asia migrated to Benaras, and brought with them, the technique of brocade weaving along with a rich library of motifs. Some of the most popular motifs seen in Benarasi brocade…
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A Beautiful Yarn: The last ply split braider’s journey from designer to artisan
With a lush ponytail and what seem like a dozen gold rings, Erroll Pires Nelson certainly has some serious style. At 6 feet 3 inches, he also towers over almost everyone. That persona evaporates the second he starts talking in his gentle, dulcet tone, telling the story of how he, an ex-National Institute of Design…
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Breathe New Life into your Home!
“I believe that trends must have the capacity to stay relevant for a long time; at least a few years, at any rate. Otherwise they are not worth the money and the trouble. Accessories of course, are the exception to the rule because that is the easiest way of updating a space and giving it…
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Jaypore Upcycling Week
What happens to that pretty cotton saree when it thins with wear and washing? Those scraps of fabric that get cut and discarded by the ‘master ji’ during the hand tailoring process or on an automated assembly line? The strips of leather that don’t fit into the design of a chic bag? Most of the…
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The Handmade Paper Trail: A Fascinating New Journey
Once upon a time, roughly in the late ’60s America, if you bought a dress and met with some post-purchase dissonance or dropped sauce all over the front, you could just tear it up. Because that particular dress was made of paper! In the 1920s London, one could buy a ‘Paper Suit’ for a tiny…
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Re-Worn: Getting a New life
A weaver sits on his loom patiently weaving ‘Khesh’ – a weaving technique that uses new yarn in the warp and strips slashed off old sarees in the weft. The weaver chooses these strips randomly off a pile sitting next to him; the result is a stunning piece of fabric where the colors of the…
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An Uncommon Journey
Design in India permeates everything we do. Its in our clothes, our buildings, our temples, even in the pots and pans we use in the kitchen. In this plentiful land of many seasons and myriad languages, of ancient civilizations and constant influx of new peoples; every material possession has become a canvas for expression. It…
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Reborn: Recycled Designs for a Sustainable Lifestyle
Gudri is a fine layered coverlet which was originally created in Gujarat by putting together patches of fabric, usually old saris that were carefully saved for the purpose. The fabrics are layered and held together by the use of a running stitch, painstakingly done by hand in parallel lines running from end to end. The…
Storytellers of Wonder 