Kota Doria Dress Material Sky Blue Gold Rose Vine

This cotton dress material is a two piece unstitched set a sky blue top length paired with a sheer pink dupatta woven in the translucent khat check of Kaithoon Kota A gota patti and zardozi vine runs down the centre of the top leafy gold ribbon work curling around raised pink rose blooms bordered with fine zari stripes while the pink dupatta carries scattered gold buti and a slim zari edge 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 gold work is a second tell true gota patti is gold coated ribbon folded and stitched down by hand so its edges sit slightly raised and the metal catches light unevenly a printed gold lies flat and uniform 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 Tailored into a kurta and draped with the sheer dupatta this set works for daytime celebrations and festive gatherings Style with gold jhumkas and a slim bangle stack the cool blue stays fresh by day and the gota rose lifts it for evening