Hmm, I haven't actually tried to find such a thing online, although I am sure it exists, most major cities have a neighborhood where the local Indian population tends to conregate and set up businesses to cater to the locals. When I lived in Western Canada, there were a few stores in Calgary and Edmonton that I frequented, now I'm close to Toronto and have a guide who shops with me in 'Little India' whenever I can afford the trip. I have found narrow silk chiffon/gauze for as cheap as 2.00 a yard! Ebay sometimes has dupatta fabric that they claim is silk, but usually it's synthetic, heavily patterned, and not sheer enough.
Now I'm curious, I'll snoop around the 'net and pass on anything I find. Sheridan > Sheridan, > Where would you find an Indian fabric store? I'm in Florida and I don't > think we have any locally, is there a good site online? > > Thanks, > Wendi > > Sheridan wrote: > > > >If you can get yourself to an Indian fabric store, the silk they use for > >Dupattas is about as close to the gauze you see in these paintings as you > >can modernly get. I have also seen silk with 'gold' very similar to some > >of the paintings you have on your site, and I had planned to use something > >like that for one of the more elaborate hats in future. > > > >Thanks for the info! > > > >Sheridan > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
