Dark blue laid out as a checkerboard of narrow stripes and leaves.

Why this piece

• Stamped square by square from hand-carved wooden blocks in Bhagalpur, never screen printed.


• The dupatta carries its own botanical border running the full length, so it is never a plain drape.


• Opaque enough to stitch unlined, with a lining left as a choice rather than a cost.

The checkerboard

Squares of leaf motif alternate with fine vertical stripes in white and pale pink, so the dark blue ground reads as a grid rather than a scatter. At medium scale the pattern holds its shape from across a room and still rewards a close look.

Wearing it

The blue-and-white discipline of this one suits office and formal days particularly well. Keep the jewellery silver or oxidised and let the botanical dupatta border sit as the only ornament you need, or pick a pale pink thread from the print for your piping.

The details

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  Top: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide


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  Bottom: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide


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  Dupatta: 2.5 metres, 35 to 36 inches wide


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  Weight: 600 to 650 g for the top, bottom and dupatta together


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  Stitching: up to 4XL for a straight kurta set, with the length customisable for larger sizes


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  Lining: optional, as the fabric is opaque and needs none


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  Care: dry clean the first wash, then a gentle cold hand wash


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  Craft: hand block printed in Bhagalpur with hand-carved wooden blocks


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  Dispatch: printed by hand, and still dispatched the next working day


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  Collection: Chaupar
  

Because every impression is stamped by hand, small shifts in the print are part of the piece, not a fault in it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the dark blue bleed into the white stripes?

No. The fabric is colour-fast and does not bleed on the first wash, so lighter areas of the print stay clean.

How do I know the print is genuinely hand block and not machine printed?

Look closely at the repeats. Every motif is stamped from a hand-carved wooden block, so the register shifts a little and no two impressions land identically. A screen or machine print gives a flat, perfectly uniform repeat; this one does not.

What does the unstitched set include?

Three separate unstitched pieces: top, bottom and dupatta. The top and bottom are 2.5 metres each and 44 to 45 inches wide, and the dupatta is 2.5 metres and 35 to 36 inches wide.

Does the kurta need a lining?

No. The fabric is opaque, so it can be stitched unlined. A lining is purely optional, added only to elevate the look.

Can I exchange it if the shade is not what I expected?

Yes. If you do not love the shade or the quality when it arrives, an exchange is available.