People Are Calling Out Designer Sabyasachi's New Saree Collection With H&M For Being Outrageously Expensive

Designer Sabyasachi is known for his eloquent designs and expensive attires. Famous celebrities love to endorse this designer's brand and if a regular person gets to wear his attires then it only means that the person has finally arrived.

However, the designer is gaining a lot of attention on social media but this time, it's for all the wrong reasons. He joined hands with H&M and has launched several attires including flowy floral dresses, wide-legged pants and printed fishing jackets. There are several options for jewellery as well.

The designer also just launched his new collection of sarees and is getting a lot of criticism for it after he gave us all a sneak peek of it on Instagram.

The Sabyasachi X H&M collection's first saree is something straight out of an average Indian woman's closet.

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In fact, most people thought that this saree looks exactly like something one's grandmother would wear. However, what bugged people more was that this very plain and average looking saree costs a whopping ?9999.

I'm pretty sure my grandmother had a very similar saree in 1970s which didn't cost her a kidney pic.twitter.com/RWphJoNHGw

¡ª agila ulaga powerstar (@currdfriedrice) August 10, 2021

People are shocked after getting to know the price of this saree and are calling him out for ripping off the design from literally every saree shop in the country.

This is the knock-off. My grannies wore this stuff all their lives and it was never expensive and the fabric was so good that we made quilts out of them later and we still have those.

¡ª Deepti Sharma (@cowbai) August 10, 2021

That's a cotton printed saree and almost every Bengali woman used to have at least half a dozen. They turn wonderfully soft with every wash, and later used to be stitched in kanthas or used as kitchen wipes.

¡ª Urmi (@urmisgr8) August 10, 2021

I've same saree in slightly different colour and at very reasonable rate. Now indian shopkeepers will sell the same stuff after raising the price and saying it's Sabyasachi dupe ?.. though what's the contribution of designer here ...?? https://t.co/nHGoE4j3Mn

¡ª ell (@honeyviscous) August 10, 2021

Its giving me Sridevi from English Vinglish vibes pic.twitter.com/vLsT4lGX5B

¡ª Emi.ly (@Emi6289) August 11, 2021

That Sabyasachi is coming up with H&M collection saree at Rs.9999 adai that looks like Vaayil Cotton pudavai from Ambika Textiles da

¡ª kaapiccino (@kaapiccino) August 10, 2021

Not nly ur grandmother m sure all our grandmother had this print..?

M sure this whole look cn b created under 1k..

¡ª Dr.Asma Parekh?? (@AsmaParekh) August 11, 2021

a whole collab with mf sabyasachi and they put a t-shirt with an ugly saree?? h&m will pay for their crimes https://t.co/XC930NK1lf

¡ª bepo (@sameehahaha) August 11, 2021

Was really looking forward to the #SabyasachixHM collaboration but after looking at the designs, I am like jeez that's Khaadi from 2012.

¡ª SocialDistancer (@MidhatF) August 11, 2021

Very ordinary looking sari. You can get lovely handloom sarees for ?2000 - ?3000. I¡¯m sure this one costs a liver or a kidney.

¡ª PriyaRaju (@PriyaRaju) August 11, 2021

I have worn several such saris to work, in the 70s. They were very elegant and affordable. Not over 200 bucks.

¡ª sushma sagar (@thethrush) August 11, 2021

The collection will be launched on the 12th of August on the H&M app as well as the Myntra website. The pieces would also be available at 12 physical stores across India which include the brand¡¯s outlets at Select City Walk (New Delhi), V R Punjab Mall (Mohali) and Phoenix Palassio (Lucknow).