Journal - Teevra

Mustard yellow saree with marigolds, yellow saree for Basant Panchami

Yellow Saree for Basant Panchami: Handloom Ideas for Spring

Buying Guide · Basant Panchami Basant Panchami:in yellow. A yellow saree for Basant Panchami: how to choose your shade, which handlooms look best in yellow, and what to pair with it, from mustard cotton to turmeric silk. 5-minute read · Buying Guide Basant Panchami welcomes spring in yellow, from mustard fields to marigold garlands. If you are choosing a yellow…

Pastel handloom suit material and dupatta on a carved tray, what to wear for Eid

What to Wear for Eid: A Handloom Guide to Suits and Sarees

Buying Guide · Eid Eid:soft colours, fresh start. What to wear for Eid: pastel and ivory handloom suits and sarees for the morning, family visits, and the evening dawat, plus when to book your tailor. 6-minute read · Buying Guide Eid is a day for new clothes and full homes. If you are deciding what to wear for Eid, think…

Indigo block-print cotton saree dusted with Holi colours, what to wear for Holi

What to Wear for Holi: Which Sarees Survive the Colour

Buying Guide · Holi Holi:which sarees survive. What to wear for Holi: handloom cottons and prints that survive the colour, what to keep away from it, and what to put on for the get-together afterwards. 6-minute read · Buying Guide Holi is the one festival where your best saree is the wrong choice. If you are working out what to…

Brass pot of Pongal boiling over at sunrise, what to wear for Pongal

What to Wear for Pongal and Makar Sankranti: A Handloom Saree Guide

Buying Guide · Pongal & Sankranti Harvest season:in handloom. What to wear for Pongal and Makar Sankranti: handloom cottons, Kanjivaram silk, and traditional harvest colours for the four days of Pongal, Lohri, and kite season. 7-minute read · Buying Guide Mid-January is India’s harvest festival, and it goes by many names: Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Makar Sankranti across much of…

Saree for Christmas party - handloom guide to the festive fortnight

Saree for Christmas Party: A Handloom Guide to the Festive Fortnight

Buying Guide · Party Season Party season:in handloom. A saree for Christmas party plans and New Year’s Eve, from the family lunch to the midnight countdown — what to wear, in handloom, across the festive fortnight. 7-minute read · Buying Guide Between Christmas lunches, office parties, and a New Year’s Eve that goes past midnight, the last week of December…

Ivory and gold Chanderi saree draped on a cane chair, Chanderi saree soft or stiff

Is a Chanderi Saree Soft or Stiff? What to Expect

Weave Spotlight · Quick Answer Chanderi: soft or stiff? Is a Chanderi saree soft or stiff? A short guide to why new Chanderi feels crisp, how it changes with wear, and how to soften it. 5-minute read · Weave Spotlight Customers often ask us whether a Chanderi saree soft enough to drape well, or too stiff to wear. It is…

Hand-painted Kalamkari textile and tools, is Kalamkari handloom

Is Kalamkari Handloom? The Honest Answer

Weave Spotlight · Quick Answer Is Kalamkari handloom? Is Kalamkari handloom? A short, honest answer on what Kalamkari is, when the cloth counts as handloom, and how to check before you buy. 4-minute read · Weave Spotlight It is one of the most common questions we get about this craft: is Kalamkari handloom? The answer depends on what you mean…

Indigo and cream handwoven Bhujodi saree folds

Bhujodi Saree: Handwoven Cotton from Kutch

Weave Spotlight · The Craft Bhujodi saree:cotton from Kutch. The Bhujodi saree is handwoven on pit looms in Kutch, Gujarat, in earthy cotton with designs woven in by the Vankar weavers. Origin, how to spot a real one, and what it should cost. 6-minute read · Weave Spotlight A Bhujodi saree comes from a single village in Kutch, where weavers…

Teal silk Paithani saree with peacock brocade pallu

Paithani Saree: The Peacock-and-Lotus Silk of Maharashtra

Weave Spotlight · The Craft Paithani saree:woven like a tapestry. The Paithani saree of Maharashtra is handwoven silk with peacock, lotus, and parrot motifs woven in with zari. Where it comes from, how to tell a real one, and what it should cost. 7-minute read · Weave Spotlight A Paithani saree is not printed, painted, or embroidered. Its peacocks and…

Archana Mandhan in a royal blue Teevra saree, a Teevra value for money customer story

Archana Mandhan’s Teevra Value for Money: Three Years, One Wardrobe

Customer Stories Archana Mandhan:three years, one wardrobe. Teevra value for money, in a doctor’s review — three years of suit sets, handpicked sarees, and stoles, and the quality that keeps her coming back. 4-minute read · Customer Stories Some customers are won by a single standout piece. Archana Mandhan was won by the whole collection, and three years on, her…