The Sagene Sari takes the shape of a 2 piece sari: a satin base for the pleats, that wraps around the body, into which the woven pallu is tucked, and then emerges out of to complete the sculptural integrity of the piece. The pallu is dotted with hand-embroidered pearls, punctuating the flow of the sari. The sari is made into a 2 piece set in order to allow the wearer to wear the pallu as a separate scarf or cape, in case they desire to. However, óasi also offers the option to make the sari in a 1 piece stretch.

Weaving together the threads of women's fate through hand-cut organza belts, Sagene assumes the form of a symbolic navigator. Its net-like construction references traditional textile-making techniques, invoking the act of individuals merging to form a collective structure. The design brings to mind both a cartographic and a symbolic framework—tracing the entangled identities of women’s identities within dualistic archetypes, particularly the virgin-whore dichotomy. Of memorials built of thread, Sagene becomes a memorial built of thread: a textile map of tension, where each intersection signals both solidarity and restriction. It is at once a diagram and shroud, structure and story. Sagene invites the viewer to examine how form, material, and technique can express the inherited architectures of gendered storytelling, offering up a conversation-starter on gendered narratives in a simplified, wearable format.

Colourway: Olive Green

Fabric Composition: 

Silk Organza

Modal Satin

dry clean only