Sarees are the new thing

Sarees seem to be popular with fashion celebrities lately. Liz Hurley was wearing a rich-pink Indian dress, in Mumbai, a couple of days ago.

Not quite as striking as Victoria Beckham, but the gown, lined with gold and subtly embroidered, still captured some attention.

The two fashion-hungry celebrities are not the only one to be taken by Indian dress-making skills. Sarees are traditionally made of light silk and richly died and decorated.

That's why designers love them.

Manish Arora took the Indian embellishing techniques to an extreme during Paris fashion week last month, with fascinating theatrical results. (Although sometimes a little nightmarish if you don't like clowns...)

We know have to wait and see other ways in which the sari can be reinterpreted.

Victoria is back as Vogue Cover-girl

Victoria Beckham can now count two Vogue covers in her books, as she appears dressed in an Indian bridal gown for Vogue India's new November issue.

The 32-year-old designer is posing in a peach and red embroidered sari, with curly extension locks on her new pixie crop; and she looks breathtaking.

As a faithful front-row buyer and designer, Posh knows the ins-and-outs of fashion clothing, and she sure can recognise real talent. She reportedly commented on the beauty of the bridal outfits saying, "this is real craftsmanship".

Victoria has never been shy at experimenting with her image. And after being charmed by an affluence of traditional Indian-inspired designs, it is no wonder she jumped on the opportunity to taste true embroidered bridal-wear in an Eastern background.

Mrs Beckham knows, after all, what she is doing.


Victoria's First Vogue Cover was photographed by Nick Knight for British Vogue's April 2008 edition. She wore a Nina Ricci silk bustier dress and Swarovski-crystal bracelet.