Chiffon Sarees for Women: Pure Chiffon Prints, Hand Embroidery and Evening Shimmer
1. The Pure Difference
A chiffon saree is light, semi sheer and fluid. It has a fine, slightly grainy texture, falls in soft folds and stays comfortable through a long day or evening, which makes it an easy choice in any season. Our pure chiffon sarees are woven from 100% Bemberg™. Every saree is 5.5 m long and 45 inches wide, comes with a 1 m crepe blouse piece, and prices start from ₹3,399.
What you will find in this collection:
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Printed pure chiffon: floral chiffon sarees, gingham checks and leheriya, in colours from yellow and peach to royal blue and black.
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Hand embroidered chiffon: the Vintage range, with hand embroidery worked over a floral print, such as Vintage Orange and Vintage Wine.
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Hand painted chiffon: florals painted by hand, in soft pink, beige and white.
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Sequin and mukaish: mukaish work, sequin florals and hand embroidered gold sequin roses on pure chiffon, and sequins on chiffon, for receptions and festive evenings.
2. The Floral Edit
Most of this collection is floral. From delicate small flower prints to bold botanical motifs, our floral chiffon sarees capture the essence of a summer garden, part of our wider floral sarees collection across every fabric we stock. Lightweight and easy to drape, they work for brunches, office wear, and daytime events. Our white and pastel florals, such as the hand painted English Primrose in white, Camilie in peach and Solenne in lavender, suit a more minimal look.
Our Vintage sarees and Florise carry hand embroidery over a floral print, and our gold sequin roses on pure chiffon are hand embroidered too. For every kind of embroidery we work on chiffon, from thread to sequin and mukaish, see our embroidered chiffon sarees, and for embroidery across every fabric we stock, including mul cotton, the wider embroidered sarees collection.
3. Chiffon by Colour
Chiffon takes colour beautifully, and the sheerness gives every shade a softer depth. Browse blue, pink, green, black and yellow chiffon drapes, or see the full range across every shade we stock.
4. Chiffon for Occasions
A deep red or black chiffon saree works for cocktail parties and receptions, while bright yellow suits haldi functions where comfort matters as much as colour. For party wear more broadly, chiffon drapes well and stays comfortable through a long evening. For weddings, a floral or hand embroidered chiffon is a comfortable choice for the sangeet, mehendi and daytime ceremonies, and our wedding sarees edit brings these together. For evening events, see our cocktail sarees.
5. Beyond Florals: Checks, Leheriya and Handpainted
Our gingham chiffon sarees, such as Fresh Bloom in peach, Sun Shower in yellow and Slow Sunday in blue, bring a clean graphic check to the same fluid fall. Leheriya prints carry the traditional wave pattern in a lighter contemporary weight, often across several shades at once, and our multicolour sarees edit gathers those alongside our striped and checked multi colour weaves. Rouge Waves (pink and purple) and Blush Waves (pink) are leheriya prints on pure chiffon, and our leheriya saree guide explains the craft behind the pattern. Our handpainted chiffon sarees, such as Frangipani in beige and Damask Rose in pink, are finished by hand, so no two drapes are identical.
6. Chiffon Saree Party Wear: Day Parties to Evenings
Chiffon is a natural choice for party wear because it stays light through a long evening and moves well in photographs. For day parties, farewells and birthday lunches, soft florals such as Juliet in pink, Liora in yellow and Amaris in lavender are easy first sarees, and Selene is a brighter blue for a daytime celebration. For cocktails, receptions and dinners, deeper grounds such as Azura in royal blue, Noxana in black, Veyona in blue and Vintage Wine in maroon read as evening wear. For the dressiest evenings, choose sequin or mukaish work, covered in the next section. See our party wear sarees, farewell sarees and cocktail sarees for the wider edit.
7. Evening Chiffon: Sequin, Gold Sequin and Mukaish
For receptions, cocktail nights and festive evenings, our evening chiffon sarees add shimmer and keep the light fall of chiffon. Tonal sequin florals, drawn in fine lines of sequins in the same colour as the saree, come on 100% Bemberg pure chiffon in City of Stars (royal blue), Starlet (wine), Final Act (brown) and Leading Lady (dusty pink) at ₹6,999, and on chiffon in Socialite, Rendezvous, Muse and Enigma at ₹3,999. Hand embroidered gold sequin roses on pure chiffon come in Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Midas and Lovelace at ₹9,999. For a softer shine, mukaish work, fine metallic wire twisted into tiny points, comes on 100% Bemberg pure chiffon in Encore, Curtain Call, Diva and Showtime at ₹4,999. See all our sequin sarees and embroidered chiffon sarees.
8. What Comes With a MAYIN Chiffon Saree
Our chiffon sarees are priced from ₹3,399, and every one comes with a 1 m crepe blouse piece. Our chiffon saree blouse designs guide has necklines and backs that suit a light drape, and for blouse colours, read our blouse ideas for every saree colour.
Chiffon is semi sheer, so always wear a petticoat under it; our petticoat guide explains how to choose the colour.
Care: dry clean every chiffon saree, printed ones included; our saree washing and care guide covers pressing and storage. Shipping is free across India on orders of ₹2,000 and above.
9. Pure Chiffon vs Synthetic Chiffon
Most chiffon sarees sold online are synthetic. Pure chiffon feels different the moment you hold it. Our pure chiffon is woven from 100% Bemberg™, a fibre made only by Asahi Kasei in Japan from cotton linter. Here is how to tell the two apart.
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Feel: pure chiffon has a fine, slightly grainy texture. Synthetic chiffon feels slippery and smooth.
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Breathability: pure chiffon lets air through. Synthetic traps heat on a warm day.
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Static: synthetic clings and crackles. Pure chiffon falls cleanly away from the body.
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Drape: pure chiffon settles into soft folds and holds its pleats once pinned.
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Care: both need dry cleaning to keep the print and finish at their best.
Read more in our guide to chiffon sarees.
10. Choosing a Chiffon Saree by Occasion
A chiffon saree can go almost anywhere. The colour and print decide where.
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Day weddings, engagements and brunches: pastel florals such as Amaris, Juliet, Camilie and Rosy Skies.
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Haldi and mehendi: yellow for the haldi, such as Liora, Sunlit Rose, Sun Shower and Vintage Yellow, and green for the mehendi, such as Zyra and Orelia. See our haldi saree guide.
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Diwali and festive evenings: bright grounds such as Elara in orange or the hand embroidered Vintage Orange, and for more shimmer, Emerald or Ruby with gold sequin roses. See our Diwali sarees.
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Karwa Chauth: red and pink, such as Amélie in red and Elysia in pink, or Vintage Wine in maroon. See our Karwa Chauth sarees.
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Receptions and cocktails: deeper grounds such as Noxana in black and Veyona in blue, or gold sequin roses on Sapphire.
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Farewells: soft florals such as Solenne in lavender, Selene in blue and Azura in royal blue. See our farewell sarees.
Fold five to seven pleats, slip one pin through the pleats only, from the inside, and tuck them in at the navel, facing left; for a party, try the butterfly or Mumtaz drape. More ideas in our party wear saree styling guide, floral saree guide and 12 saree draping styles.
New to chiffon? Read how to drape a chiffon saree for pleats and fixes for slipping, our guide on how to pin a saree for where the pins go, and what to wear under a saree for the right layer under a sheer drape. See all our sarees with blouse piece, and for quiet, refined looks, our elegant sarees.
Chiffon has a long story in India: read how royal women made it famous in our royal chiffon saree guide, and how it became cinema's favourite saree in Bollywood chiffon sarees.
