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Fashion

When yellow reigns supreme

Grameen's spring collection at reasonable rates

Fayza Haq
Symbolizing spring is Grameen Uddog's Falguni collection. This embodies the grace, charm and gentleness of years of our culture. Dr Yunus took the initiative to preserve the Bangladeshi woven cotton craft and make it a part of a wider world heritage as the items are being marketed overseas too, whenever the opportunity arises. The collections include saris ranging for Tk 550 to Tk 650 while the "punjabis" for women can be obtained atTk250.
There is the "Tangail" block sari with dots of white on a mustard background, with wide lemon yellow border and "anchal." This will look good for casual wear for any age, if worn with a white or matching yellow blouse. More block print in "Tangail" is seen in the printed sari with ochre and mustard. This is matched with a striped dark green borders with stripes of yellow, green and yellow in between. These should look good with a black blouse of even a matching yellow one, with simple accessories in beige, brown or black or even yellow.
Tiny flowers with geometrical squares go to form the body of the next creation in pink and white, with
geometrical motifs on the border and "anchal" along with a gold and salmon pink band. This could be sported with a yellow and red dotted
blouse and simple trinkets. If one would like to go in for paisley and geometrical motifs in gold and ruby red on white there is one such sari too with floral paisley motifs scatted on the body with tiny squares and bold yellow and gold stripes on a white body. This would certainly be cool and could be worn even in the more warmer season. This is simple, dignified and yet decorative. The cotton could be handled like all the other creations of the collections at home. Dark bangles, necklaces and armlets could be sported with this simple but elegant creation that would suit both young and old. These too are block prints on "Tangail." They could be worn for the afternoon occasion or the coffee party, once the weather turns warmer.
More print in saffron can be seen in another creation which flaunts a huge paisley pattern within which are tinier paisley motifs with other "alpana" designs. These are found in the "anchal" with more paisley borders in the same colour. The body is covered with seductive neat paisley motifs which continue on to the border in forms of white against a yellow background along with
other neat motifs of leaves and flowers.
Slightly different from the others in the collection is the black, white and yellow creation of stripes, paisley, geometrical motifs in the "anchal" with a wide border of gray, black and yellow cubes and stripes, one interlacing into another and creating a gorgeous pattern out of the simple motifs. Black, white and grayish strips in different widths cover the rest of the body of the "Tangail' block print sari.
The woman's "punjabi" with block print in geometrical motifs all over in yellow, green and white, with tiny matching brown buttons could be worn with a white fitting "churidar" for the casual look. Now that women go to work and cannot always have the time or mood to fuss with the pleats of the cotton sari, this outfit is surely ideal as it covers from head to foot and yet allows one to go about one's work looking charming and casual at the same time.
Grameen Uddog's latest collection should win the hearts of women as regards both the style and the price.