Booti & Stripes — Pure Katan Banarasi Handloom Silk Saree
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About this Saree
About the Booti & Stripes Saree
The stripe in Banarasi weaving is not decoration — it is structure. It is not something added to the saree after the fact, not something printed onto the surface or stitched over the ground. The stripe is woven — built into the fabric thread by thread on the loom, running the full length of the saree as an inseparable part of its architecture. In the Booti & Stripes tradition, the stripe creates the ground and the booti inhabits it — the two elements working together in a relationship that is one of the most refined and most quietly magnificent compositions in the entire Banarasi weaving tradition. The stripe gives the saree its geometry, its rhythm, its clean vertical clarity. The booti gives it warmth, ornament, and the living presence of gold. Together they produce a saree that is at once structured and beautiful, disciplined and rich — a saree that wears with the kind of effortless authority that only genuine handloom on pure Katan Silk can carry.
On pure Katan Silk, Booti & Stripes work achieves a sharpness and depth of surface that lighter fabrics cannot deliver. The weight of the Katan ground holds the stripe lines with absolute precision — each woven stripe clean-edged and perfectly consistent across the full length of the saree. The gold zari booti scattered across the stripe ground sits within the fabric as though it belongs there completely, each motif catching the light differently from every angle, the gold alive in a way that only real zari on real Katan Silk produces. Running along both sides is a wide layered gold zari border richly finished to complement the stripe ground. The pallu gathers the full language of the saree — dense gold zari work building across the pallu width, the stripe rhythm carried through, and a layered border frame that makes the fall of this saree look like a piece of woven architecture in silk and gold. Precise. Authoritative. Completely Banarasi.
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Weave: Traditional Banarasi pit-loom handweave — zero machine involvement
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Stripe work: Woven directly into the fabric structure on the loom — not printed, not dyed, not applied
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Zari Booti: Real gold zari booti individually placed across the full stripe ground
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Border: Full-length wide layered gold zari border on both sides — richly finished
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Pallu: Magnificent Booti & Stripes Pallu with dense gold zari work and layered border frame
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Saree length: 5.5 metres + 0.8 m matching blouse piece = 6.3 m total
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Ideal for: Weddings, receptions, festive occasions, heirloom gifting, trousseau
| PRODUCT NAME | Booti & Stripes — Pure Katan Banarasi Handloom Silk Saree |
| BRAND | Ekaasam |
| SKU | EKA-KAT-BST-001 |
- Dry clean only for best fabric care
- Do not machine wash
- Store in a cotton fabric cover
- Avoid direct sunlight for long hours
- Iron on low heat from reverse side
Customers love the elegant fabric quality, rich zari detailing and lightweight comfort of this saree.
Booti & Stripes — Pure Katan Banarasi Handloom Silk Saree — About This Weave
The Banarasi Organza Saree represents one of the lightest and most ethereal forms of Banarasi weaving. Organza — a sheer, tightly woven fabric — takes on a new dimension when worked with traditional Banarasi gold zari techniques on a pit loom. The result is a saree that is simultaneously delicate and opulent.
The Aqua Mist colourway is achieved through natural yarn dyeing before weaving — meaning the colour is embedded into the silk threads themselves, not printed or dyed on the surface. This gives the saree its characteristic depth and sheen, and ensures the colour retains its vibrancy through careful washing and storage.
At Ekaasam, every Organza Banarasi Saree is sourced directly from weaver families in Varanasi, cutting out middlemen and ensuring fair wages for artisans. When you purchase from Ekaasam, you directly support the preservation of a 500-year-old weaving tradition.
