Varanasi silk marries the Jacquard card technique of enabling subtle and varying designs with Chinese silk thread.

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Despite years of Japanese imitation and decades of increased silk cultivation throughout the world, there is no beating Chinese silk thread.

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Even as we feared there could be a war, we were taken to a silk thread factory where 2, 000 women work diligently.

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The name "Silk" is inspired by the idea that a thread of silk is an invisible yet incredibly strong connection between two different things.

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Traditionally an important role for women in the economy of rural regions, silk-making encompasses planting mulberry, raising silkworms, unreeling silk, making thread, and designing and weaving fabric.

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