Coral Pink and Black Block Print Katan Silk Suit | Kinara

Soft coral on one side, a wide ornate black border on the other.

Why this piece

• Colour-fast: the black does not bleed onto the soft coral on the first wash.


• The black border is multi-layered and closes in a fringe, printed panel over panel by hand.


• A complete unstitched set, tailored to your fit up to 4XL.

The contrast

The coral is printed lightly, with small horizontal dash-like shapes catching the light in a subtle metallic finish. It is a quiet fabric, meant to be worn as a plain-reading kurta.

The black piece does the opposite. Intricate floral and vine work covers it at high density, gathered into a wide, ornate, multi-layered border panel that ends in a fringe. Two pieces, two entirely different intentions.

Wearing the pairing

A coral kurta under a black bordered dupatta is the easiest formal pairing in this palette, and it holds gold jewellery well for an evening or a day wedding. Keep the salwar plain from the coral so the black stays the focus.

The silk

Katan silk gives the coral its sheen and the black its depth, and it drapes closely rather than standing off the body. It is opaque throughout, so no lining is needed under either piece.

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.

The vine work varies subtly from repeat to repeat, which is how a hand-carved block prints.

An ornate border is the most demanding thing a block printer does. It is not one block but several, each carrying a layer of the pattern, and they have to be laid over one another in the right order along the same edge without the layers sliding apart.

In Bhagalpur that alignment is judged by eye. The artisan sets the first layer down the length of the black silk, comes back with the second, and closes the panel at the fringe. On the coral piece the work is the opposite kind: hundreds of small dashes, light and quick, spaced by hand. Look closely and the vines shift a hair from repeat to repeat. That is what tells you a person made it.

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