Royal blue has always been a colour of composure. It doesn't flirt with the eye; it holds it steadily until you look away first. Handwoven in pure Khaddi chiffon, the fabric is featherlight and moves with you rather than around you. The Banarasi jaal covers the body in a continuous woven network — patient work, counted thread by thread — and the Nardar border gives the whole a firm, finished edge. It is the saree for the evening you host rather than attend. For introductions, for speeches, for standing still while a photograph is taken. Banaras Karigari chooses weaves that look better the closer someone stands. This is one of them.