Pattachitra Print Cotton Dress Coffee Yellow Pink

A printed cotton dress in coffee brown with a V neck short sleeves and a gathered skirt at the hip The body carries an all over Pattachitra style figurative print in mustard yellow and dusty pink with the print running edge to edge across the bodice sleeves and tiered skirt for a clean designer composition How to tell this is hand printed cotton rather than synthetic powerloom printed fabric cotton has a slight slubby hand and an obvious breathability against the skin Hand printed motifs show a soft 1 millimetre bleed at the edges where the dye has soaked into the cotton fibre and the colour is visible on the reverse of the cloth at near full saturation A surface printed poly cotton would stay sharp and feel papery this fabric drapes with weight and breathes through long wear The print draws on Kalamkari and Pattachitra style block print idioms reinterpreted in a contemporary tiered dress silhouette The medium weight cotton sits softly on the body and is built for Indian summer wear An easy daytime piece for brunches weekend events summer holidays and casual office days Pair with tan leather flats or block heels a stack of glass bangles and small studs or hoops