The Saree Festival 2015

Red Earth Saree Shop

@ All That Jingalala Mela, Gurgaon

Saturday 16 May, 2015 / 11 am to 6 pm

Double Tree by Hilton / Golf Course Road, Sector 56, Gurgaon

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1386127145044976/

A selection of pan-Indian weaves from the Saree Festival collections, and funky Cholis.

The Red Earth booth at The Jingalala presents Saree love!

We showcase a selection from the Saree Festival 2015 collections, held earlier this month in Delhi, especially for the Saree lovers of Gurgaon.

Featuring:

• Contemporary Banarasis by Resha
• Akaaro by Gaurav Jai Gupta
• Heritage Bengal handlooms by Slice of Bengal
• The not so quintessential Choli by Banwarey

Contact Details:

himanshu@redearthindia.com / 91-11-41764054

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Saree Mela: An exhibition and sale of diverse Saree collections

Sat 2 – Mon 4 May 2015 / 11 am to 8 pm daily

Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 03

Saree Mela is a celebration of the diversity of Sarees, featuring signature pieces from varied styles – hand-woven to fashion forward sarees, artistic and design interventions to digital print sarees.

Contact us for previews of the collection at our Lado Sarai studio

Follow the event on Facebook for updates

SAREES

• AIACA / Kota, Banarasi, Chikan & Tie and Dye Sarees
• Banwarey / The not so quintessential Choli
• Ethicus / Hand crafted Organic Cotton Sarees from Tamilnadu
• Loom Theatre /A Contemporary Take on Jamdani Weave of Bengal
• Marm / Chanderi Saris, yardage and stoles
• Nehal Desai / Hand printed art Sarees and apparel
• OghaIndia.com / Handwoven Sarees from Banaras, Orissa and Andhra
• Queen of Hearts / Classic Sarees made contemporary
• Radio Rani by Sneh / Printed concept Sarees
• Resha by Medhavini / Opaque: There’s some gray in every story
• Reshamwala by Vinay Narkar / Gadwal weaving reinterpreted\
• Shravan Ramaswamy / Heritage revivalist masterpieces
• Slice of Bengal / Heritage handloom Sarees from Bengal
• The Old Prayer / Experiments in Shibori 

JEWELLERY

• Paarisha By Chinanshu / Contemporary hand-woven yarn jewellery

Images (click to enlarge)

Shravan Ramaswamy / Heritage revivalist masterpieces

Queen of Hearts / Classic Sarees made contemporary

 Resha by Medhavini / Opaque: There’s some gray in every story

 Loom Theatre /A Contemporary Take on Jamdani Weave of Bengal

AIACA / Kota, Banarasi, Chikan & Tie and Dye Sarees

• OghaIndia.com / Handwoven Sarees from Banaras, Orissa and Andhra

 Slice of Bengal / Heritage handloom Sarees from Bengal

Marm / Chanderi Saris, yardage and stoles

Nehal Desai / Hand printed art Sarees and apparel

 Ethicus / Hand crafted Organic Cotton Sarees from Tamilnadu

 Paarisha By Chinanshu / Contemporary hand-woven yarn jewellery

 Reshamwala by Vinay Narkar / Gadwal weaving reinterpreted

Banwarey / The not so quintessential Choli

Radio Rani by Sneh / Printed concept Sarees

MARIGOLD DIARY, A design blog we love!

Features The Saree Festival – http://marigolddiary.com/2015/05/01/2015thesareefestival/

The Saree Festival: The endless swirl of beauty

May 2-4, 2015 at Alliance Francaise De Delhi

Browse the festival website for details and images: http://2015.thesareefestival.com/

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

• All events are open to all on a first come first served basis.
• Contact 91-11-41671100 / himanshu@redearthindia.com

http://2015.thesareefestival.com/

Saree ka Gunijan Khana: The Adda of the Saree Enthusiasts

Talks – Panels – Presentations – Films

Multi-disciplinary Saree awakenings!

Saturday 2 May 2015; 6 – 9 pm

Sunday 3 May 2015; 10 am – 1 pm

Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi

72 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003

Contact himanshu@redearthindia.com / 41671100

Browse the detailed program here: http://2015.thesareefestival.com/?page_id=12

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PROGRAM

Saturday 2 May, 2015 / 6 pm to 9 pm

6  – 7 pm: The Saree in Indian Fashion; A talk by Shefalee Vasudev

Followed by a discussion with Varun Rana (Harper’s Bazaar) & Vandita Mishra (Indian Express)

7 – 7.30 pm: Dressing up Rai Hridi Haran; A talk by Samrat Banerjee

Samrat Banerjee presents a talk on the shringaar sewa offered to his beloved Krishna deity, Rai Hridi Haran.

7.45 – 8.15 pm: Film: The Man and his Saree; Dir: Shatabdi Chakrabarti

(Colour, 05.29 mins, English)

A short video diary of Himanshu Verma- the artist, the subject, the man and his Saree.

8.15 – 8.45 pm: Radio Rani meets Queen of Hearts; An informal banter with Sneh Nihalani and Deepa Mehta

Deepa and Sneh discuss their highly original, contemporary, quirky Saree vocabularies.

Sunday 3 May, 2015 / 10 am to 1 pm

10 am-11 am: Love Saree: Men and the Saree: A panel featuring Vinay Narkar, Justin McCarthy, Samrat Banerjee, Yulia Kissel Banerji, Anubhav Nath, and Amurto Basu Ray

Voices that foreground how men too share an intimate relationship with the Saree: designers, Saree-store owners, Saree-shoppers, dhoti-wearers, dancers, and a Saree loving couple…

11.15 am – 12.45 pm: Film: Natale Tumchyasathi: Behind the adorned veil; Dir: Savitri Medhatul; (Colour, 60 mins, Marathi with English subtitles)

A film documenting the lives and stories of Lavani performers in Maharashtra.

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The Saree Festival 2015

Conceived, curated and presented by Red Earth

The Saree Festival is back –

2-4 May 2015

Alliance Francaise de Delhi

Check out http://2015.thesareefestival.com/