Polka dots and small ferns take turns across a peach checkerboard.
- Colour-fast, so the light blue and white hold their edges against the peach after the first wash.
- A decorative linear band finishes the edges, so the dupatta reads finished rather than simply hemmed.
- Hand-carved wooden blocks, stamped in Bhagalpur, with no screen or machine printing anywhere on the set.
The print
Panels of polka dots alternate with single fern-like leaves in a checkered grid, worked in light blue and white over a warm peach ground. The scale is deliberately medium, big enough to read as pattern and small enough to stay soft on a full kurta.
Styling
Peach is the forgiving one in this collection, easy for daily and office wear and equally right for a formal lunch. Pearl or rose gold suits it better than heavy silver, and a light blue thread picked from the print makes a good piping or contrast sleeve band.
The details
Top: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide
Bottom: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide
Dupatta: 2.5 metres, 35 to 36 inches wide
Weight: 600 to 650 g for the top, bottom and dupatta together
Stitching: up to 4XL for a straight kurta set, with the length customisable for larger sizes
Lining: optional, as the fabric is opaque and needs none
Care: dry clean the first wash, then a gentle cold hand wash
Craft: hand block printed in Bhagalpur with hand-carved wooden blocks
Dispatch: printed by hand, and still dispatched the next working day
Because every impression is stamped by hand, small shifts in the print are part of the piece, not a fault in it.