Nilambari Butta & Zari Everyday Saree

Deliberately restrained. The buttas are spaced widely enough that the cotton silk keeps its crispness, and the border is a single zari line rather than a filled band, so the saree presses flat and travels well. This is our most-repeated order from working women in Chennai — it survives a full day, an auto ride and an office chair without looking slept in. How it is made Aari chain stitch in fine zari thread. Each butta is closed off individually so a snagged thread cannot unravel a run — the failure mode that ruins cheap machine-worked sarees. What it suits Office silks, temple mornings, house functions. Pairs with a normal-work or plain blouse.

Each piece is worked by hand, so slight irregularities are part of it, not a defect.

Aari chain stitch in fine zari thread. Each butta is closed off individually so a snagged thread cannot unravel a run — the failure mode that ruins cheap machine-worked sarees.

Office silks, temple mornings, house functions. Pairs with a normal-work or plain blouse.

This piece is finished and on the studio rack — it ships in 2–4 working days of your order. Payment in full confirms your order. There is no frame time to book.

Insured courier across India, 3–5 days after dispatch, charged at actuals. Within Chennai you can collect from the T. Nagar studio — we prefer a studio fitting for heavy bridal orders. We do not currently ship internationally.

Country of origin: India — worked at our T. Nagar, Chennai studio. Shipping policy

Made-to-measure pieces are not returnable — they are cut against your body. What we do promise in writing: one free alteration within 15 days of delivery for anything on our side, and a loose stone re-fixed free for 6 months. Once a blouse is cut, a neckline or back cannot be made shallower, and a heavily embroidered panel cannot be let out. Full policy

• Dry-clean only. Never machine wash, never soak, never hand-wash. Water dulls zari, tarnishes zardozi wire and can rust the metal in kundan settings.
• Tell your dry-cleaner it is hand embroidery with metal work and stones, and ask for gentle solvent cleaning with the work protected. Avoid cleaners who press the piece flat under a machine.
• For a small mark, dab — do not rub — with a dry white cloth, and take it to the cleaner rather than treating it at home.
• Iron only from the reverse, on low heat, with a cotton cloth between the iron and the fabric.
• Never iron over stones, kundan or 3-D motifs at all. Press the plain areas around them.
• Turn the blouse inside out before storing, so the work faces inward.

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