Yellow and Grey Block Print Katan Silk Three Piece | Kinara

Small grey ovoids run over yellow silk, stamped by hand in Bhagalpur.

Why this piece

• Colour-fast: the grey does not bleed onto the yellow on the first wash.


• The dupatta is finished with a frayed fringe at both ends rather than a machine hem.


• A complete unstitched set of top, bottom and dupatta, stitchable up to 4XL.

Two tones, three densities

The bottom carries the print at its densest, the top wears it sparingly, and the dupatta sits between them with small floral clusters gathered into a rectangular border. One palette, three rhythms, so the set never reads flat.

The motifs themselves are tiny: rounded ovoid shapes stamped in grey, with pale pink and pale yellow surfacing between them. At arm's length it reads as texture; up close it resolves into individual impressions.

The fringe

Both ends of the dupatta are left in a frayed fringe, which is what keeps a duotone set from looking severe. Ask your tailor to leave it untouched and to trim nothing back when the set is finished.

Wearing it

Yellow lifted by grey is easier to wear to an office than yellow alone, and it moves into daytime functions with gold jewellery. A grey or charcoal salwar cut from the bottom keeps the print where it flatters.

In the set

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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 the top, bottom and dupatta together


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  Lining: not required, the fabric is opaque; add one only to elevate the look


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  Stitching: up to 4XL for straight kurta sets, with the length customisable for larger sizes


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


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  Collection: Kinara
  

Handcrafted in Bhagalpur, and still dispatched the next working day.

No two ovoids sit quite alike; that unevenness is what a hand-carved block leaves behind.

The block for a motif this small is the hardest kind to carve. A chisel has to take out everything around a shape no wider than a fingernail and leave the raised face clean, and it is done in Bhagalpur by hand, in wood, before a drop of colour is mixed.

Then the printing itself: hundreds of small impressions to cover a single length, each one placed against the last by eye. The rows drift a hair, the grey deepens where the block was pressed harder, and the fringe at the dupatta ends is left frayed rather than sealed. All of it is the work of hands, and all of it shows.

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