Dupattas

A dupatta can literally glam up your outfit in a jiffy & that’s why it’s a wardrobe essential. 

A Dupatta is not just a beautiful piece of clothing, it’s also prominent and essential to the cultural landscape of India. The dupatta is a shawl-like drape, typically worn by women as an accompaniment to their traditional Indian kurtas, lehengas and shararas.

The dupatta doubles as a valuable accessory. It can literally uplift your boring outfit and turn it into something fit for a glam queen.

Worn across the board and in every walk of life, there are always perfect types of dupattas out there, waiting to journey into each and every one’s wardrobe!

A phulkari dupatta is the very definition of colourful vibrancy! Literally translating into flower (phul) – craft (kari), this unique embroidery technique has its origins in the Punjab region.

A popular wedding and festive regular, Phulkari is beyond just a craft – it is an art of bringing together bright, bold colours & a showcase of intricate embroidery on coarse cotton in soft floss silk thread.

Originally woven with pure gold intermixed with silk, banarasi silk is a cultural icon and a heritage heirloom in India.

Although most popularly purchased in a sari form, banarasi silk dupatta options also form a major chunk of this recently revived economy.

Often painted or block-printed by hand, Kalamkari is a unique textile art-form that originated in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India.

Kitschy, crafty and bold, this is a south Indian technique of vegetable pigment dyeing that is organic and eco-friendly! Historically, Kalamkari was known as ‘Pattachitra’, literally translating into ‘Cloth-pictures’.

Chanderi dupattas range from semi-sheer to soft-opaque varieties and this silk-cotton blended fabric feels like utter luxury.

Go for one that is blingy and embellished or one that has a traditional kantha or zari embroidery on it – there are so many ways to wear a chanderi dupatta!

Ikat is a classic Indian woven, resist-dyed textile technique that looks striking in its blurred and wavy patterns! Folksy and traditional, an ikat dupatta is stunning with fusion and indo-western outfits.

Developed independently and widespread, this technique is used throughout south and south-east Asian cultures.