yeah these kind of sarees are ALL over the shops right now - in fact among all the heavier sarees, it’s pretty hard to find a straight up, old-fashioned, single piece! You ask the guy for the new sarees and 90% of them are half-and-half (well that’s the term they use).
You need the right combinations (of colours and fabrics and kaam) otherwise I’ve seen this style go soooo wrong.
Sehrysh, i bought one too! peacock blue lahiriya in pallu and the pleats in beige with gold khadi block prints, and ethnic border in red and green. Not heavy, but mehndi type wear.
I totally want the Sabyasachi up there. Hot pink, black and gold.. ahhh… all my favourite colours getting along in one place.
I saw this other saree of his at a store - not exactly ‘half-and-half’ - but it was shaded jaali from dull rust to sage green, full of small motifs in applique. so the pleats in green and the pallu ends up in rust – or was it the other way around, i forget – either way.. it was lovely.
Weighed about 15kgs; forget the women wearing them, I wonder how the racks and hangers in boutiques handle all these heavy clothes!!
btw SGC - that one was only 4,500 AED, converted from INR 