buying a banarasi this festive season? run these 4 checks first
copies come out every festive season, so protect your money. real banarasi is silk, real zari, true varanasi weaving. here is how to spot fake in two minutes:
zari test: real zari is silver coated with gold, warm not flashy. rub it, it does not flake. back test: handwoven banarasi shows thread floats on the reverse. a copy is flat and identical both sides. weight test: pure katan has body, roughly 600 to 900g for a 6m saree with blouse. polyester feels light and slippery. tag and price: look for the GI tag from varanasi. a pure katan saree under a few thousand rupees is almost surely not real.
note: blended organza or georgette banarasi is a real product at a lower price. that is not a fake. fake means polyester lying about being silk.
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