The British Sari Story exhibition, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, opened at Brent Museum in October 2007. It presented the results of a competition for a British sari, 60 years after Indian independence. Entries came from all over the country. The overall winner was Nilesh Mistry, a Mumbai-born illustrator, who moved to Harrow with his parents as a child.
BSS Brent Competitors awaiting the announcement of the results
Nilesh Mistry with his Sari for Harrow
BSS Brent British Sari Story winner Nilesh Mistry with Baroness Flather, who opened the exhibition
The winning Sari for Harrow by Nilesh Mistry
Detail of A Sari for Harrow by Nilesh Mistry
Baroness Flather presenting the overall winner prize to Nilesh Mistry
Rahiet Ashfaq with her Sari for Scotland
Samar Abbas with his Sari for the iPOD generation
A sari for the iPOD generation by Samar Abbas
Detail from A Sari for the iPod generation by Samar Abbas
Shilpa Rajan with her Indian Summer sari
Detail of An Indian Summer Sari
Pamela Rana with her British Sari Landscape
Pamela Rana’s British Sari Landscape featuring cricketers and London buses
A Notting Hill carnival sari (right) and A Sari for the iPOD generation
Detail of a Notting Hill carnival sari by Shema Ladva
A Cornish Sari by Miranda Hicks
Detail from a Cornish sari by Miranda Hicks
A Yorkshire sari – grey blue with raindrops
Detail of A Yorkshire Sari featuring snowflakes and raindrops
British Sari Story Brent
Traditional saris on display. British Sari Story Brent
Detail from a gharcholu, one of the traditional saris on display
A Gharcholu, one of the traditional saris on display
British Sari Story Brent
British Sari Story Brent
British Sari Story Brent
British Sari Story Brent
Children from Barham Primary School also sought out saris for the exhibition, loaned by women in their families
Children from Barham Primary School also sought out saris for the exhibition, loaned by women in their families
