Sunset Ombré Chiffon Draped Dream

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Woven in a georgette and chiffon construction, the fabric holds the particular magic of both the faint texture and body of georgette lending it presence, while the chiffon's gossamer quality keeps every fold light and fluid. Together, they give the ombré dye an almost luminous quality, the gradient shifting and deepening with each movement of the wearer. The dye itself so smooth in its transition from flame to petal speaks to the hand of a skilled dyer who understood colour as light, not pigment. The saree appears to be from the latter decades of the twentieth century, when ombré-dyed georgette and chiffon sarees enjoyed a quiet prominence in Indian festive dressing.