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Jamdani fair sees

A leading local company today fetched a Taka 4.2 crore on the spot export order of traditional clothing- Jamani and Tangail sarees- on the third day of a 16-day International Jamdani Taant Bastra fair began here on Thursday.

Bangladesh Weavers Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) organized the fair on the premises of Siddeshwari Girls School on Baily Road. 

The fair is aimed at regaining the lost glory of the traditional products at home and abroad.

Sanjit Pramanik, a West-Bengal based company will import 100,000 lakh pieces of Tangail sarees and 10,000 pieces of Jamdani sarees from Lucky Jamdani Weaving Factory, which is taking part in the fair. 

An agreement to this effect was signed between Lucky Jamdani Weaving Factory and Sanjit Pramanik at a city hotel here.

Proprietor of Lucky Jamdani Weaving Factory M Salauddin and proprietor of Sanjit Pramanik signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.

Talking to BSS, M Salauddin, also senior vice-president of BWPMBA, said the main objective of the fair is to know about customers' choice and attitude so that the quality of the Jamdani clothing could be improved.

He put forward a set of recommendations to the government to propel the growth of the sector including arrangement of working capital for weavers, establishing a organized marketing system, setting up a 'Taani Palli' in Dhaka and introduction of modern fashion and design.

A good number of traditional clothing including Jamdani saree, lungi, handloom products, 3-piece, 2-pieces are being displayed in 60 stalls of the fair.

The fair would remain open for all from 10am to 8pm and continue till the day before the Eid day, fair organizers said.

Eid shopping saree in Rangpur

Our Correspondent

RANGPUR, Aug 31: As the Eid ul Fitr is drawing nearer,the shopping spree among the city dwellers has gained momentum.

From early morning till late at night, the shoppingmalls and business centres of the town remain overcrowded.

People from different areas are purchasing a variety of commodities and gifts from the city markets.

The shopping centres and markets have started offering lucrative incentives in the form of discounts and raffle draws to attract the customers.

The shopkeepers have expressed satisfaction over their expected sales and hope that it would increase further.

Some shopkeepers of Rangpur Super Market told the FE that the sarees which are in great demand include Benarashi, Rajshahi silk, Katan, Jorjet and Jamdani. The prices of sarees vary from Tk 1000 to 12,000 according to quality and design while the poor customers are buying sarees at a cheaper rate from Tk 450 to Tk 750.

Jahaj Company Shopping Complex is selling Lehanga of various designs at Tk 15,000 to Tk 25,000, Masak Kali at Tk 16,000, Tissue Katan at Tk 12,000, Kum Kum model at Tk 10,000 and Star model at Tk 5,000.

Popy Garments of Rangpur Super Market is selling 3-piece at Tk 1200 to Tk 3000, Gipsy at Tk 1000, Anarkali at Tk 1400, Sania Mirza at Tk 900, Monpura at Tk 750, shirt at Tk 500 to Tk 1200, pant at Tk 600 to Tk 1400 and fatua at Tk 350 to Tk 600.

The tailors are very busy now and have already stopped taking orders from the customers as they are unable to deiver articles before Eid.

The businessmen of different shopping centres and markets along with small traders seem to be very satisfied with the trade friendly atmosphere which began since the beginning of the holy Ramadan.

The law and order situation of the city is quite favourable for shopping. The law enforcing agencies seem to be very active and vigilant to ensure a peaceful atmosphere for business in the city.

City markets bustle with Eid shoppers

Shoppers, left, admire sarees at a city market while a man, right, chooses clothes at a makeshift shop at footpath. Photo Anurup Kanti DasDwaipayan Barua

With a week left for the Eid-ul Fitr, the markets are bustling with crowd as the shopping is picking up in the port city of Chittagong.

People of all ages are shopping around at different markets to choose the best dresses and other items for them and near and dear ones to celebrate the largest religious festival of Muslims.

Around 200 markets including 10 posh shopping malls, arcades, different fashion and boutique houses as well as the makeshift shops at footpaths in the city are bustling with the people from morning to late in the night.

To attract the fashion conscious people, traders have showcased their showrooms with garments with latest fashion and variety in design.

Gridlock, rains or heat nothing can daunt the festival loving people from thronging the markets.

On contrary to the buzzing atmosphere in the posh markets, middle and lower income people are in frustrating mood due to higher price of products.

People of well off section, who are in search of latest fashion in design and colour, are gathering at the posh shopping malls like New Market (Bipani Bitan), Amin Centre, Sanmar Ocean City, Yunusco Centre, Central Plaza, Mimi Super Market, Afmi Plaza, Highway Plaza, Central Plaza, Chittagong Shopping Complex, as well as some popular outlets like Pride, Aarong, Westecs, Revlon, Cat's Eye, Matra, Nari and Menz Club.

Reazuddin Bazar, Lucky Plaza, VIP Tower, Chawk View Market, Moti Tower, Moti Complex, Terri Bazar, Tamakumandi Lane Bazar, Bay Shopping Centre, Singapore-Bangkok Market and other markets are drawing attention of the middle income customers with necessary items at reasonable price.

Jahur Hawker Market and a number of city points where hawkers set up makeshift shops, however, remain the most popular outlet for the lower middle class and the poor.

In this year's Eid shopping, a remarkable trend for local boutiques is seen beside usual attraction for foreign garments.

To attract this section of people, ten renowned boutique houses -- Sadakalo, Deshal, Nipun, Nogordola, Rong, Banglar Mela, Kay Kraft, Bibiana, Probartana and Anjan's -- are displaying garments with local design and fashion on the same floor of the recently established Afmi Plaza.

Sadakalo and Anjan's introduced a package named as 'couples' containing dresses for a family with same design.

Cotton sarees are sold at Tk 700 to Tk 2,000 while katan at Tk 3,500 to Tk 25,000, jamdani at Tk 5000 to Tk 25,000 at Sadakalo. Three-piece suits are sold at Tk 1300 to Tk 5,000 and punjabees and fatuas for men are found at Tk 560 to Tk 1,800.

“We introduced a subject named 'Taray Taray Khochito' especially for the Eid as our designers used star as a mark of design in almost all of our dresses,” said Mozammel Hoque, show room manager of Sadakalo.

Sarees and three-piece suits for women with some brand names like Femina, Suhana, Waka and Octopus are now available.

Keeping consumers' demands in mind, traders showcased both the local and Indian sarees like cotton, silk, endi-cotton, endi-silk, synthetic, georgette, katan, benarosi, jamdani, zardouzy, net and tissue.

Rafiqul Islam of Odud Fashion at New Market said sarees and lehengas, usually seen worn by the actresses of different TV serials aired in the Indian channels, have already earned much popularity among the women and girls.

Indian chiffon sarees of 'Femina' are selling at Tk 8,000 to Tk 15,000 while chiffon sarees with diamond and crystal works are available at Tk 10,000 to Tk 30,000.

Suhana, another type of saree, with both machine and hand embroidery are available at Tk 3,000 to Tk 30,000.

Traders at Terry Bazar are selling Moslin-Benarosi saree, a fusion of the two popular products, at Tk 3,000 to Tk 7,000.

Sadeque Mohammed, purchase in-charge of Badhu Sarees at Mimi Super market, said they have stored Indian sarees with variety in design.

He, however, said consumers are also looking for local sarees like jamdani and Rajshahi silk.

Three-piece decorated with different artistic patterns imported from India has become popular among the young and teenage girls.

Indian three-piece suits are selling at Tk 2,000 to Tk 10,000 while those for teen age girls are selling at Tk 3000 to Tk 18,000.

Young men are gathering at popular outlets like Shailpik, Anjan's, Sadakalo, Handibazar, Khaki, Miabibi, Bangaliana, Khadighar and Paristhan for attractive and colourful punjabis selling at Tk 1,500 to Tk 3,000.

They are also thronging the fashion houses and popular posh outlets for T-shirt, pant, shirt, kameez and other dresses.

Consumers from middle income groups expressed dissatisfaction over high price of products.

Nurul Afsar Chowdhury, a service holder, who bought a frock for his four-year old daughter from Sanmar Ocean City at Tk 2,100 after roaming a good number of shops, said the price is too much this year.

Abul Kashem, general secretary of Reazuddin Bazar Traders Association, said they are pleased with sale this year as they have buyers from both middle and well off sections.

Thousands of buyers from lower middle class and lower class like garment workers, nurses, rickshawpullers, CNG-auto rickshaw drivers, domestic helps and guards of different offices are also gathering at makeshift shops on the footpaths in the city.

Only 21 co-ops, 10 individuals can now use 'Kancheepuram Silk' tag Read more: Only 21 co-ops, 10 individuals can now use 'Kancheepuram Silk' tag

The days of just about everybody churning out silk sarees and selling them under the famed ' Kancheepuram silk saree' brand is over. Now, 21 Kancheepuram-based silk saree cooperatives, besides 10 licensed individuals, alone can use the term 'Kancheepuram silk saree' as unique selling proposition (USP). Others, including the owners of textile malls in Chennai and elsewhere, found using the term now face the prospect of either being jailed for a term ranging from six months to three years or paying a fine between Rs 50,000 and Rs 3 lakh. 

The 21 cooperative societies and 10 individuals have been recognised as authorised users under the provisions of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. An official announcement of this recognition will be made very shortly. The move is bound to give a significant boost to the debt-ridden cooperative societies that churn out the popular Kancheepuram silks, distinct in weave and design, and contribute to the

Burdwan Cluster: Hub of Sarees

Introduction Burdwan holds an important and considerable position in the handloom industry in West Bengal. Though this district is well-off with natural resources, a significant figure of people under rural sector preserves their living from this cluster heritage through conventional skills of handloom weaving. There are about 94000 weavers at Burdwan cluster either on a full-time or part-time work basis. Apart from this, there are extraordinary designers, dyers, card makers, traders and supplementary support providers. Approximately, 60% of weaver force is from the neighboring villages of the cluster while 40% weavers are from outside the West Bengal especially from North Bengal District. Jamdani and Tangail sarees with special varieties like Naksa par, Butik etc cotton Baluchari, Silk/ cotton Baluchari saree which has been described as one of the most extremely valued products of Indian Textiles tradition. This cluster is an established producer of this type of heritage handloom products in West Bengal. Due to its uniqueness and craftsmanship it is beyond the affluence for competition with power loomed sarees. Different varieties of sarees produced in this cluster are very much popular and well accepted for its accomplished craftsmanship and elitism. In this cluster, funds are provided under Handloom Export Schemes. Out of nine, six of the societies have started exporting their products after receiving I.E.C. no. and rest no. of PWCS are in process to get the number. At least 180 weavers, covering 15 PWCS are busy in production of exportable fabrics. Fibre2fashion.com had an elite discussion with Mr. S. Badhopadhyaya, Cluster Development Executive of Burdwan Cluster. In this conversation he highlighted about the initiatives taken by the Government for the development of the cluster: Government has facilitated collectivization of individual weavers by forming Self Help Groups (SHG), ensures support linkages of SHGs with Weavers Service Centre, National Institute of Fashion Technology, State Apex, Textile Committee and NHDC for skill up-gradation, marketing, design development and procurement of yarn. It provides format credit linkages through financial institutions like co-operatives/ commercial banks for SHGs, and encourages convergence of the schematic assistance from various schemes of State /Central Govt. for the weavers of this cluster to optimize resource utilization. Features These are some features of the cluster that have been brought out in light: Around 75 to 150 designs are made per annum. Designers have their own clients, mostly. Out of all designs only 60% get sold off. The designers get cash payment against production of design as well as graph work. Most of the designers produce the design for jacquard woven sarees. Some designers are trained at WSC, NIFT, and Kolkata Maximum designers have hardly seen a design workshop/exhibition/ design samples of different states. Annual income of a designer on an average may be anything between Rs. 28000/- to 40000/-. Mr. S. Bandhopadhyaya in his interaction with us told about the facilities provided to the weavers. He said: 150 Self Help Groups formed covering 2046 weavers and an amount of 60.66 Lacs loan have been sanctioned to them from District Lead Bank for financial support. Marketing channel developed with big houses like State Apex, Handloom House, CCIC, apart from direct participation in different Exhibitions and Expos being organized all over India for retail sales of exclusive products of clusters. An amount of ` 307.57 Lacs retail sales have been generated during last four years. To strengthen Industrial association & build the capacity between weavers, seven consortium/association covering 2954 weavers have been formed and all are registered under different Act in West Bengal. Need based design with value addition, developed for cluster through qualified designer appointed for cluster.

Saree draping contest promises serious fun

If you thought that the saree added elegance, enhancing the charm and beauty of a woman, you were right.

If you thought that the saree was the only garment in the world, which could be worn by any woman, regardless of age, height, weight, culture and ethnicity, you were right.

And if you thought that draping a saree was one of the easiest things to achieve, you could not have been more wrong.

For, not only does the saree lend itself to different styles, it also challenges the wearer to a certain uniqueness that must be experienced, not just read or heard.

Of all the dress materials worn by women in the world, the Indian saree is unique in that it is the only garment that could be worn by any person, anytime, anywhere in the world.

The Saree is also perhaps the only garment that could be worn to preserve the traditional values of a religion or society or reflect the modern trend of exhibitionism and glamour.

Stated to more than 5000 years old, the Indian saree (also known as the sari, seere or sadi) has been mentioned in the Vedas as a form of draping to extol the virtues of a woman. The saree has undergone a revolution in colour, texture and quality, with its price ranging from Rs 30 ($1) to Rs 300,000 ($10,000). Some sarees, specially made for the opulent and for film stars in lavish productions are said to have cost more than Rs 500,000 (about 18,000) each.

Sarees can be of simple cotton material or intricate in design with gold and silver linings, embellished with mirrors, pearls, diamonds and other precious and semi-precious stones.

The Saree length varies from five yards to 9.5 yards tied loosely, folded and pleated or set to special styles.

Reshab D Parikh Productions, organiser of beauty pageants has gone a step ahead in organising a ‘Saree Draping Contest’ as a part of the India Fashion Week (arguably the first of its kind in this country) due to be held from October 25 to 31 in Auckland. It would be open to all ethnic groups, regardless of nationality. The only condition is that the contestant should be a woman.

The contestant or his or her model should conform to rules and regulations of the contest, one of the most important of which is that it should conform to the Indian classical style.

“There are a number of dos and don’ts that must be followed, “Dharmesh Parikh, Director of the event said.

Indian Newslink will bring additional information in an ensuing issue.

For further details, visit www.indiafashionweek.co.nz

Photo : Any ethnic woman can participate in the contest

70-gram silk saree for US first lady

NEW DELHI: Gurum R Narayanappa (69) and his wife Kamalamma (67), living on the outskirts of Bangalore, are busy weaving a silk saree weighing just 70 grams and have a dream to see US first lady Michelle Obama draped in their creation. The normal weight of a 6.5-metre silk saree is 600-1,000 grams. 

The old couple is also engaged in weaving an intricate 30-gram scarf, to be gifted to President Barack Obama when he and his wife visit India in November. Will Narayanappa and Kamalamma get to meet the Obama couple? "I may not get a chance to meet him. 

For me, meeting him is not important. I will be happy if my gifts reach them," Narayanappa told PTI over the phone. 

He said the Central Silk Board and the Karnataka Silk Minister have assured him that they would give his gifts to the Obamas. Narayanappa, the winner of many state and national awards for excellence in weaving silk sarees, has already woven the scarf for Obama, which is made from Bivoltin silk. 

The 36 x 36-inch scarf can be wrapped inside a matchbox, he said. "It has golden zari with a temple design. 

It has been woven in 20 days using silk fibre from just two cocoons," he said. The saree for Michelle would also sport a temple motif and gold zari measuring 6.5 metres in length and 44 inches in width. 

It would be prepared with just about 3-4 cocoons. Creating an almost weight-less saree with hairline threads requires an eye for details and perfection. 

"I am thankful to God. Even at this age, we are blessed with good eyesight," Narayanappa said. 

The idea for presenting the unique gifts to the Obamas came to him when he read about India extending the invitation to the US President. "While anyone would crave just to meet Obama and present expensive gifts, I thought of gifting him this scarf, that can be folded and wrapped inside a matchbox," the master craftsman said, expressing his sentiments. 

Narayanappa hails from a family that has been a part of the weaving community for decades. In 2000, he weaved a 6.5 metre-long saree with 44-inch width, which weighed only 35 grams and fit into a matchbox. 

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