The Saaj offers lightweight, handloom sarees, perfect for the casual elegance for the day to day lives of the modern women. A woman lead small business from West Bengal, they bring you beautiful pieces for the everyday or for those elegant occasions. Some of my most favoured types of sarees are available with them, such as mul cotton, tissue, etc.
For me, around this time of the year, if I am not deliberately wearing saree out for an aesthetic coffee run, I am most definitely wearing a saree for two occasions. Saraswati Puja and Poila Boishak or Bengali new year. It has been a tradition growing up to wear new clothes on the morning of Bengali new year, it was what ever I fancied when I was growing up, but since adulthood, the garment of choice has always been a lightweight saree to breeze through the day.
This time for Poila boishak, Thanks to The Saaj, I have two stunning options for wearing a new saree on poila boishak and being the ultimate Bengali woman aesthetic influencer for my friends and neighbours. Not to forget my Instagram family too!
There is always a grace in wearing sarees on days that connect you to your Heritage, because like I said earlier, sarees connect us Bengali girls to our heritage.
Let's do a quick review of The Saaj and the sarees from the brand.
Customer delight
Starting from shopping on the website to receiving the product to opening the package , is what I am covering in this section.
The website of The Saaj, is very minimally done, you can clearly see the details of the products listed on their website. Each saree's listing has great pictures, which will help you visualise how the garment may look on you and how the fabric may feel.
The Saaj is a growing brand and will definitely add more items to their catalogue, at that point they might have to work on their listing a bit better. At the moment it is easy to find what you are looking for, but the experience can be improved.
Upon selection and order placement, the products were received by me within the week.
Love the packaging details they have added, and the products were neatly packed inside. But no additional note, or packaging.
A very minimal, no nonsense approach, which I liked.
Products and review
The two sarees I have with me are two different kinds. The base fabric is same for both.
I have a magenta and a sky blue handloom linen/cotton saree.
The Sky blue handloom sarees is so unique, as it marries two best of both world attributes. A light weight body with glamorous sequins checked all over the saree. I am planning to actually wear this in the morning, because I would love to make a statement with the silver glittering in the sun!
The Magenta handloom cotton saree has my heart because of the beautiful detailing on it! The lightweight saree is finished with a tasseled aanchal, which adds to the class and grace of the saree. Topping that is the hand painting on the saree, in bright contrasting colours, lending such a joyful vibe to it.
The quality of both the sarees are amazing, and for the price The Saaj is selling them at, they are steal deals! Sarees for poila boishak should come from them if you are still thinking of where to buy them from. I am leaning towards the blue saree myself like this one I wore years ago for the same occasion
Usually when buying sari online, I have this fear of ending up with a bad quality of fabric, as the market is flooded with synthetic, cheap sarees. But with The Saaj, I was relieved to receive absolutely top quality sarees online.
I would highly recommend shopping for sarees such as mul cotton, handloom sarees online from The Saaj. The collection is very fresh, very wearable and above all very reasonably priced.
Let me know which one do you like on me.
Love,
Priyanjana