Chikankari Mul Chanderi Dress Material Mint Green Floral

A unstitched dress material in a soft mint and ivory embroidered tone on tone in pale sage green and cream thread for a quiet monochrome effect The kameez panel carries a floral and paisley placket with jaali fillings while the dupatta is finished with self coloured butis fine pintucked pallu bands and a slim golden edge The set comes as unstitched pieces to tailor to your size Tone on tone embroidery hides nothing about how it was made The blooms are shadowed in bakhiya worked from the back the centres raised with murri and phanda knots and the open net is hand pulled jaali the give away detail with an organic mesh and no cut thread ends On the reverse you will see the knots and carries of hand stitching a machine imitation would be flat identical across every motif and clean on both faces Chikankari is the GI tagged hand embroidery of Lucknow refined in the city since the Mughal period The muted green palette is a modern take on the traditional white on white and like all true chikan it carries the small irregularities of many days at the needle Calm and easy to wear this set suits summer daywear office and gentle occasions Tailor it as a straight or A line kameez drape the soft dupatta and pair with pearl or oxidised jewellery for an understated finish