A group of women entrepreneurs called Pragathi Women Entrepreneurs has organised an exhibition which is on till August 31 at 5 ‘O’ Gallery, Opp G K Vale Studio (near Malleswaram Telephone Exchange), 15th Cross, Malleswaram.
Items on sale include ghagra-cholis and skirts for children, one gram gold jewellery, sarees and dress materials. Other items on display are Kashmiri shawls, Rajasthani bedsheets, Lucknow kurtis, Kalamkari tops, wall hangings and cushion covers.
Handicrafts on display
Madhya Pradesh Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation is conducting an exhibition-cum-sale from 
August 10 to 19. A wide range of exquisite crafts in metal, iron, zari and bead work, wall hangings, leather products and much more are on sale.
Hand woven, block printed textiles and traditional silk sarees like Chanderi sarees, Maheswari sarees, Tassar silk sarees, Batik cotton sarees and Batik bed spreads are also available.
Chanderi is the name of a place in Madhya Pradesh under Guna district. The master weavers create the delicate sarees in rich colours. Chanderi sarees, available in silk and cotton, are ideal for summer.
Maheshwar, situated on the banks of Narmada, creates sarees with 20 by 22 denier mulberry silk and fine blended cotton yarn.
The special feature of this saree is that it can worn throughout the year. Tussar silk is also called wild silk or the forest produce.
The Tussar sarees radiate a natural brilliance due to the fine fibre used. The pallu and border of the saree flaunts Ikat work.
Hand block print from Bagh, a small hamlet near Indore, is one of the classic crafts . The popular colours used in this process are vegetable and natural dyes like indigo, turmeric roots, pomegranates, lac, iron among others.
The prints have a three-dimensional effect. A community of printers called ‘Cheepa’ create this art.One can pick up Bagh sarees, bed spreads and dress materials at this exhibition.
One can also pick a wide range of handicrafts in metal, iron, zari and bead work, wall hangings, leather products and more.
The sale is on at the Karnataka Chithrakala Parishath, Kumara Krupa road. The exhibition will remain open from 10.30 am to 7 pm.
Half price sale
Revolution, the fashion brand for women, has announced its summer 2007 end-of-the-season sale from August 10 to 20.
Revolution has brought an irresistable offer for those women who are all set to refurbish their wardrobes - a flat 50 per cent off for all their products. Covering waist sizes from 28” up to as much as 44”, prices at the store start at Rs 299 for the basic range, with high fashion (Revolution Exclusives) going up to Rs 2999.
On the 50 per cent sale are shirt dresses, simple shirts, wide balloon sleeves, soft collar looks, kimono sleeves, overlapping front and deep necks. Also on sale are a whole range of harem pants, ankle length pants, knee length gauchos, bootleg fit or straight fit, skirts, both with full flare and straight fit.
Denims in a completely torn washed and used look to a dark unwashed look are also available. The offer is open at the Revolution store at Eva Mall on Brigade Road.
Traditional sarees
Sai Suja is having an exhibition and sale of Shyamala Ejji’s collection of traditional sarees from Tamil Nadu in a range of textures, colours and designs.
Shymala has worked closely with her aunt Parvathy Natesan who was, in the 60’s, inspired by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay to recreate traditional Kalakshetra silk saree designs in cotton, when she decided not to wear silk sarees. Mubagam (three colour), Anja Limaje (five colours), Rail Thandadavala (rail track design), Athi Vazhapu (banana flower design) were designs woven in cotton and became quite the rage in Chennai leading to the establishment Rukku’s Boutique.
Shyamala has carried on her aunt’s tradition by way of recreating traditional designs and colours but extended her range to include cotton–silks , poly-cottons and poly–silks as well as dress fabrics.
The sale is on between the August 16 to 18, at ‘Kamalini’, # 37, Sri Bhooma, 17th Cross, Malleswaram. The sale is on from 11 am to 7.30 pm.
