How to read a border
The single detail people regret, and how to spot it in a photograph.
A border is either woven into the saree or attached to it, and the difference decides how the garment ages.
On a korvai kanjivaram the border and the body are woven separately and interlocked at the shoulder. Run a finger along the join and you can feel it. That join is why the border can be a different colour from the body without either bleeding into the other.
An attached border is stitched on. It is cheaper, it is not dishonest, and it will loosen before the saree does.
In a photograph, look at the corner where the border meets the pallu. A woven border continues its pattern through the turn. A stitched one stops and starts again.
That is the detail most people notice only after a year of wearing it.