Red Katan Silk Suit, Floral-Border Dupatta | Phuhaar

Small red florals repeat across all three pieces, edge to edge.

• Hand block printed in Bhagalpur with hand-carved wooden blocks, never screen or machine printed.


• The dupatta carries a contrasting floral border and short fringed ends, so it reads as finished even before stitching.


• Opaque katan silk, so no lining is needed for the red to sit deep and even.

The print

The red ground is covered in a small-scale floral repeat, dense enough to read as texture from across a room and as individual stamped motifs up close. Beige tones lift the flowers just enough to stop the red flattening under indoor light.

The dupatta is where the piece announces itself. A contrasting floral border runs along the straight hem and finishes in short vertical fringe, so it frames the face without any additional work from your tailor.

The fabric

Katan silk brings the lustre and the graceful drape you expect from silk, in a light three-piece set that never feels like a burden across a long day. It is colour-fast and does not bleed on the first wash, so a deep red like this stays where it was printed.

Styling

Red at this print scale is dressier than a solid but calmer than an embroidered set, which puts it comfortably at a daytime wedding, a festive lunch or a formal office day. Keep the jewellery in gold or oxidised silver and let the dupatta border do the talking. Against premium Banarasi katan suits at several times the price, you are getting genuine hand block work on silk here rather than a printed imitation of it.

What you get

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  Top: 2.5 m, 44 to 45 inches wide


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  Bottom: 2.5 m, 44 to 45 inches wide


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  Dupatta: 2.5 m, 35 to 36 inches wide


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  Weight: 600 to 650 g for top, bottom and dupatta together


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  Lining: Not needed, the fabric is opaque; add one only to elevate the look


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  Stitching: Up to 4XL for straight kurta sets, length customisable


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  Care: Dry clean the first wash, then a gentle cold hand wash


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  Dispatch: Dispatched the next working day, even though every metre is printed by hand

Slight shifts in the print register and small variations in colour depth are the signature of blocks pressed by hand, not flaws in the fabric.

In Bhagalpur, a textile town that has worked with silk for generations, artisans carve each motif into a wooden block by hand and then stamp it across the fabric, one impression at a time, aligning the next by eye alone. A red set like this passes under the hands of a printer who has repeated that motion thousands of times. What you receive still carries the evidence of it: an impression a shade heavier here, a repeat sitting a hair off its neighbour there. That is the difference between a print made by a person and a pattern rolled out by a machine.

Exchange: *Easy exchange is available within 3 days of receiving the product.
*No exchanges on home decor items.
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Learn More

1. How do I know this is genuinely hand block printed?
Look closely at the print. Hand-carved wooden blocks are stamped one impression at a time, so the motifs sit fractionally out of register in places and the colour density varies from block to block. Screen and machine printing produce perfectly identical repeats; this suit does not, because it is printed by hand in Bhagalpur.

2. Will the colours bleed when I wash it?
No. The fabric is colour-fast and does not bleed on the first wash, and it stays colour-fast after washing. Dry clean it the first time, then a gentle cold hand wash keeps it looking new.

3. What does this unstitched suit set include?
Three pieces: a 2.5 m top, a 2.5 m bottom and a 2.5 m dupatta. The top and bottom are 44 to 45 inches wide and the dupatta is 35 to 36 inches, so you have enough fabric to have the set stitched to your own fit rather than settling for a readymade size.

4. Is there enough fabric for a larger size?
Yes. With 2.5 m in each piece, the set can be stitched up to 4XL for straight kurta sets, and the length can be customised for larger sizes. It is a good gift for that reason too, since nothing depends on knowing someone's exact measurements.

5. Does it need a lining or aster?
No, the fabric is opaque on its own and needs no lining. Some customers add one anyway to give the kurta more body and a more formal fall, but that is a styling choice, not a necessity.

6. What if the shade or the quality is not what I expected?
You can exchange it. Screens shift colour, so if the shade or the quality is not something you love when it arrives, write to us and we will exchange the set.