Dark Blue Katan Silk Suit, Pink Floral Stripe | Bagiya
Pink heart-shaped blooms sit between fine vertical stripes on a dark blue silk.
Why this piece
- Stripes and florals from separate blocks, aligned by hand
- Fringed edge on the dupatta, finished without any added trim
- Colour-fast: the pink stays pink against the dark ground
The print
The vertical stripe is the structure and the heart-shaped floral is the event, with faint rose outlines filling the space between the two. It is an all-over repeat, but one with a clear direction to it.
A directional print is worth telling your tailor about: cut with the stripe running down the body, it lengthens the line.
Wearing it
Dark blue with pink is a good evening pairing and an easy office one. Stitch it straight, keep the dupatta long, and choose silver over gold so the pink stays the brightest thing in the outfit.
Two blocks aligned against each other down 2.5 metres is craft you can verify by eye. Follow the stripe and watch where the florals sit slightly differently against it.
The set
- Top: 2.5 m, 44 to 45 inches wide
- Bottom: 2.5 m, 44 to 45 inches wide
- Dupatta: 2.5 m, 35 to 36 inches wide
- Fabric: Katan silk, opaque, no lining needed
- Craft: hand block printed with hand-carved wooden blocks in Bhagalpur
- Weight: 600 to 650 g for top, bottom and dupatta together
- Stitching: stitched to your fit up to 4XL, length customisable
- Care: dry clean the first time, then a gentle cold hand wash
- Dispatch: Dispatched the next working day.
- Collection: Bagiya
Small shifts in the print, a motif set a little off its neighbour, a shade that deepens where the block pressed twice: these are the marks of a hand at work, not flaws in the cloth.