DUPLICATED Mul Chanderi Dress Material Pink Diamond DUPLICAT

This unstitched two piece dress material brings hand embroidery to a sheer Mul Chanderi cotton base a featherweight cloth of about 105 GSM On the ivory ground the kurta yoke carries a bold rose pink jaali rows of open diamond lattice worked in pink thread and outlined in soft grey finished with a scalloped pink edge Pink flowering plant buti are scattered down the body and across the matching dupatta each leaf shaded in grey The yoke is the tell here That lattice of open diamonds is jaali true Chikankari jaali is made by teasing the warp and weft threads apart with the needle and binding them never by cutting the cloth so the holes stay even the fabric keeps its strength and the back looks almost identical to the front The flower centres are raised murri knots you can feel with a fingertip and the vines are fine tepchi running stitch A machine net imitation punches or burns its holes and leaves a stiff glued edge Look too at how the buti spacing wanders slightly hand placement not a repeating print Chikankari has been worked in the lanes of Lucknow since the Mughal court almost always on airy cottons like this Mul Chanderi so the white work can breathe Each set passes through several hands the block printer who stamps the pattern the embroiderer who fills it by hand and the washerman who soaks away the printed guide lines Tailor it as a straight or A line kurta with the jaali yoke at the neck and drape the sheer dupatta for daytime weddings mehndi mornings and festive gatherings The light 105 GSM cotton keeps you cool and the pink on ivory palette pairs naturally with silver pearls or oxidised jewellery