Artisanal Anecdotes

A beige shirt, which is the restrained half of this outfit, and a deep red dupatta, which is not. The shirt carries handworked front and side panels, a cutwork insert at the neck rather than a solid embroidered patch, and handworked borders at the daman and the sleeves; the back yoke is picked out in pink.

The trousers are handprinted in gold foil, and the dupatta is finished with handworked gota inserts and a gota-and-sheesha border. Three pieces, in a palette that belongs at a mehndi or a dholki more than at a formal dinner.