Lavender Cotton Chikankari Top

This vintage cotton top seamlessly combines excellent craftsmanship with a refined flair that will complement the wearer's smart thinking. Given that it features a round neck, strappy sleeves, and a stunning, beautiful chikankari workmanship, it is perfect for busy workdays as well as coffee outings with friends. It goes wonderful with cotton leggings and sandals. When accessorised with a sling bag and other items, the outfit will look much better.

Craft Details

The Persian word Chikan, refers to the creation of delicate patterns on a fabric using several stitches such as tepchi, jaali, murri amongst others. Enriched with this fine craft of Chikankari this highly skilled and elaborate embroidery technique renders ornate motifs that are floral or geometric with exquisite attention to detail, lending it gossamer like quality. This craft is practised in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.