Bandhani Lehenga

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Bandhani Lehenga - Fabric, Design, Styling, Jewellery and Care Guide | KCPC Bandhani Pick up a bandhani lehenga and look at one small dot that dot is not printed. A woman picked up the cloth with her nail wrapped a thread around it and tied a knot. Then she did it again and again almost forty thousand times for one lehenga. A good worker ties around one thousand knots in a day. So one lehenga is more than one month of her work. Once you know this the price stops feeling high at KCPC Bandhani every piece is still tied by hand. 1. Choose the fabric first design later Most people see a design, fall in love with it and buy it. Then they wear it and cannot even sit comfortably. Do it the other way fabric first. Gaji silk - smooth and shiny. It opens out beautifully when you turn. Best for evening weddings right now this is what people are buying most. Georgette - light It moves with your body. If you are going to dance take this one. Chinon - soft shine comes out very nice in photos. Good for sangeet and mehndi. Cotton - the Navratri fabric. Nine nights of garba - no other fabric can take that much sweat. Pure silk - heavy and royal but be honest, it is a winter fabric in May you will feel like you are carrying a blanket. Simple rule day function - cotton or georgette. Night function - gaji silk or pure silk. 2. The dots have names Every dot pattern has a name and every pattern has its own rate. Chaubundi - four dots making a square the most common one on lehengas. Boond - one dot with a dark centre looks like a drop of water. Kodi - a teardrop shape many of them join together and make paisleys. Shikari - the showpiece. Here the dots make elephants, peacocks and dancing figures this is master work that is why it costs much more than a plain dotted piece. 3. What is selling this season Bandhani changes slowly that is the good part it never looks old fashioned. But some things are clearly running right now. Gaji silk has taken over the market. Black bandhani which nobody w