The legacy of handwoven outfits, especially the sarees is something that Mahatma Gandhi strived to achieve!! He was the one to embrace the ‘Made In India’ tag. The making of a handloom sari and the handwoven textile involves numerous hands, directly and indirectly. According to Fourth All India Handloom Census 2019-20, the handloom sector employs around 26.73 lakh weavers and 8.48 lakh allied workers, and 19.1 lakh weavers and 6.3 lakh allied workers are female. Also, the 2019 Handloom census is the first to recognise transgender weavers as a separate category.
We have also seen many in the Bollywood industry embracing to this age-old style of wearing handwoven sarees. So we look at the leading ladies who have worn it. A report on vogue.in talked about this and we take reference from that story for our write up here.
The saree-wearing actresses like Alia Bhatt, Rasika Dugal and Neena Gupta have often worn this style of handloom sarees.
Alia is seen wearing a floral saree in white and pink. The beautiful designs an simplicity of the handwoven saree is visible to our eyes.
This plain black saree which is handwoven looks elegant and cute on Rasika Dugal.
This molten gold saree of Neena Gupta is truly majestic.
What are you waiting for? Go grab a handwoven saree for yourself!!
