♥ Diraac Fabulous ♥

Recently; I have been able to visit diraac shops in several London locations and in other cities in the UK; and thus can report back to you on the latest fashions. It seems that like many recent fashion trends generally, the general trend for diraacs now; is retro in fact make that Retro with a capital R. There is a definite 'going back to the 80s' thing going on.

French diraacs (the type of diraac that is plain except for some matching sequin work, jacquard work or embroidery/beading throughout all the pieces) are still a big thing; but this season's designs are very Indian inspired, in plain bright colours and rather garish gold jacquard prints; I am not really keen on this myself but if you're looking for a French diraac which is still incredibly fashionable; but is a classic that will look up to date and isn't hard to carry off; try our French diraacs of which we only have the gorgeous pink, and muted lime left.

Chintzy, flowery prints or 80s style abstracts on plain un-embellished fabrics, in colours such as fuschia, bright teal, and royal blue are the main thing in right now. Gogorads are getting simpler and simpler, last seasons trend was for a plain satin gogorad with a strip of highly sequinned braid or trim; this season is similar but the braids and trims are plain, tapestry type designs. A bit too plain, in my humble opinion, here is a typical example of something very similar to what they are using now!

Gabasars, too are also becoming more plain; one style of garbasar that is huge right now is a tissue fine silk chiffon with small woven in patches of silver and gold threads all over, but some garbasars are now just one colour and with no embellishment but instead they have some type of texture to the fabric such as woven in stripes. After several years of often highly embellished silk or faux-silk fabrics being the fashion; for the diraac itself high quality cotton voile is back with a vengence.

In some of the trendiest shops in London and Birmingham all they are selling now is cotton voile diraacs, Kanebo the legendary Japanese mega-corp who used to make the most desirable diraac fabrics; went bust for a time but now seem to be back to manufacturing, their diraacs are beautiful but be warned you'll often end up paying more than a silk diraac just for the fabric alone, and a set costs in the region of £50 and up, and as is often the case with expensive designer fabrics; the prints seem to get more cheap looking the more you pay. If you're looking for a nice voile diraac set for half the price why not try one of our Saudi diraac or Cotton Voile diraac sets; which retail from £19.99?