how not to ruin your banarasi (a shopkeeper begs you)
a good banarasi should outlive many festive seasons. most get wrecked at home instead. save this:
never machine wash. dry clean only, and tell them it is silk with zari. never iron zari flat on high heat. press cool from the reverse with a cotton cloth over the gold. wrap it in muslin or cotton, never plastic. silk needs to breathe. refold a different way every few months so the crease does not split the silk. do not spray perfume straight on it. dress first, scent yourself, saree last.
quantity cheat sheet: saree 5.5m plus blouse (about 6.3m), lehenga skirt 3m, suit 2.5 to 3m.
treat it kind and one banarasi becomes the piece your family keeps.
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