I ran a quick web search on Chantal and found her web site:
http://www.devi.net/Chantal.html . It includes links for her books.
Joan Jurancich
At 08:53 AM 8/12/2005, you wrote:
The Folkwear choli pattern (which compares, by the way, quite
favorably with cholis I have had made in India) includes
step-by-step illustrated directions for wrapping two different styles of sari.
If you really want to have some fun, you can get Chantal Boulanger's
book "Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping." I
ordered this a year or two ago on recommendation from somebody on
this list--maybe that person still has the author's website, from
which I ordered directly. Publisher is Shakti Press International,
33 Greyhound Rd., London W6 8NH, GB. The ISBN is 0-9661496-1-0. She
includes a CD. The book provides a wonderful historical discussion
of wrapped clothing and illustrations for many many regional,
religious, and/or class variations on the sari. All have detailed
illustrated directions. From this book I learned to wrap the
Chettiyar dhoti, which my Ganesha wore in my recent production of A
Perfect Ganesh. Indian audience members were delighted with what
they considered the ultimate accurate detail, and in fact one woman
said she came to the show because she saw the publicity picture and
was impressed with Ganesha's dhoti.
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
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