Kota Doria Dress Material Greyish Blue Floral Yoke

This cotton dress material is a two piece unstitched set a greyish blue top length with a matching dupatta woven in the sheer khat check of Kaithoon Kota The embroidery is concentrated at the neckline a yoke panel of blue and turquoise resham flowers picked out with sequins framing where the neckline will fall with a lighter floral spray trailing down and echoed along the dupatta 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 with the sheer dupatta the ready placed yoke makes this an easy festive choice the embroidery lands exactly at the neckline once tailored Style with silver or blue stone jhumkas for day functions and celebrations