Handloom International

It is a tiny room on the 1st floor of the building, but if you're not particularly fussy about display, Handloom International is quite a find. Be prepared to spend some time there, for the fabrics are all folded and stacked choc-a-bloc on racks. To see any one of them involves extricating it from these piles and unfolding them, so you need considerable powers of visualization in order to come up with combinations and color co-ordinations.

Why I say that it is a find is because they have a huge variety of cottons and silks, and the prices are much lower compared to those at other stores. Cottons come for around Rs. 140 per meter and silks for around Rs.275 per meter.

You can mix and match textures and colors here with quite a palette to choose from, but it does require a pictorial mind, as Handloom International is not equipped to drape the fabric and show it to you the way it is done in other showrooms.

The sales people are willing to pull down loads and loads of fabric, and are very helpful, so if you are the kind that derives pleasure from this kind of designing adventure, this is certainly the place for you.