A hand-shaded chiffon, fading from cream into deep turquoise. Firoza, for the stone the colour is named after.
A chiffon hand-shaded from cream into deep turquoise. Hand-shading is a labour of dye and time: the fabric is dipped in stages, the gradient set by how long each section soaks. No two hand-shaded sarees come out exactly alike, which is why each is treated as a one-of-one piece.
