Kota Doria Dress Material Cream Floral Jaal

This cotton dress material is a two piece unstitched set a cream top length with a matching dupatta woven in the sheer khat check of Kaithoon Kota Both pieces are covered in an all over floral jaal of soft white resham embroidery trailing vines leaves and small blossoms worked across the translucent ground for a tone on tone summer light finish Kota Doria is known by its khat the tiny square graph of the weave formed by alternating fine and coarser cotton and traditionally silk yarns Hold the cloth to the light and you should see a clear even grid of transparent squares the yarn looks faintly uneven and slubbed where it was spun and woven by hand and the squares shift by a hair across the width A powerloom or printed imitation shows a flat perfectly regular mesh with no slub and no give The embroidery is a second cue resham thread work sits slightly proud of the surface and you can trace the stitch path on the reverse whereas a printed embroidery stays flat and mirrors through to the back Kota Doria is a GI tagged handloom woven on pit looms in and around Kaithoon a weaving cluster near Kota in Rajasthan where families have worked this cotton and silk square weave for generations The open weave is what makes the fabric so light and airy a quality prized through the Indian summer Stitched into a kurta and paired with its dupatta this cream set is an easy day to evening choice light enough for summer mornings refined enough for a lunch or a small celebration Style with pearl or oxidised silver and neutral footwear to let the embroidery speak