White flowers over deep red, with a geometric border running down the dupatta.
- The dupatta is built differently from the top - open red with placed motifs and a vertical geometric border.
- Colour-fast, so the white does not pick up red in the first wash.
- Opaque silk that needs no lining, at 600-650 g for all three pieces.
The two prints
The top is a dense all-over repeat of small white flowers on red. The dupatta deliberately breaks that rhythm: a vertical geometric border runs along one side and a wider decorative hem closes the end, leaving plenty of plain red between them. Worn together, the contrast is what stops a red set from reading as one solid block of colour.
Wearing it
Red with white reads festive without going bridal, so it carries a puja, a day wedding or a family lunch equally well. Keep the bottom plain red and let the dupatta border sit forward on the shoulder. Real hand block printing on katan silk is unusual - the craft is normally sold on cotton, and katan is normally sold woven. Block printed by hand, and still dispatched the next working day.
The details
Top: 2.5 m, 44-45 inches wide
Bottom: 2.5 m, 44-45 inches wide
Dupatta: 2.5 m, 35-36 inches wide
Fabric: Katan silk, opaque, no lining needed
Craft: hand block print, Bhagalpur
Weight: 600-650 g for all three pieces together
Stitching: up to 4XL, length customisable
Care: dry clean the first wash, then gentle cold hand wash
The geometric border will not be pixel-straight for its whole run. It is placed block by block by hand, and the slight wander is the proof.