I'd appreciate that. I'm also going to ask the people around my office. This just came up before I was expecting it, and I tried to seize the opportunity.
Course they might have been selling wedding saris or they were trying to upsell to the tourists.
More the former, but definitely part of the latter. These were actually very high quality. They were Mysore silk saris, which are evidently well known. It was high quality silk too; I felt it, and it was dreamy. It was woven to have beautiful colors (as in, the pattern was woven in rather than screened on later), and they had beautiful beadwork and jewels. All in all, they probably weren't gouging the tourists terribly much; it's just that they refused to show me anything but stuff that was more than I wanted.
Anyway enjoy the rest of your trip!
I will and I am. See another post coming up in the next half hour or so.
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Date: 2008-05-11 01:42 pm (UTC)I'd appreciate that. I'm also going to ask the people around my office. This just came up before I was expecting it, and I tried to seize the opportunity.
More the former, but definitely part of the latter. These were actually very high quality. They were Mysore silk saris, which are evidently well known. It was high quality silk too; I felt it, and it was dreamy. It was woven to have beautiful colors (as in, the pattern was woven in rather than screened on later), and they had beautiful beadwork and jewels. All in all, they probably weren't gouging the tourists terribly much; it's just that they refused to show me anything but stuff that was more than I wanted.
I will and I am. See another post coming up in the next half hour or so.