Vivid and light-hearted, Playground accepts players of all stripes.
Saris with bold borders and pin-striped patterns delineate boundaries of play—each a result of explorations in proportion, colour and form. This collection revisits Mashru: a textile with an intriguing history.
A playful warp-faced satin weave, Mashru is characterised by a lustrous sheen owing to the smooth silk surface on one side, and cotton backing on the other. The textile was developed under Shar’ia law to allow Muslim men to exercise some agency within a rigid sartorial system that equated the usage of silk with luxury.
With decline in patronage from the Muslim rulers, the usage of Mashru diminished. In 2015, Raw Mango broke from tradition to present the first Mashru sari, woven with silk through-and-through.
