Hand-embroidered bridal couture · Chowk, Lucknow

Light, stitched by hand.

Bridal skirt sets, flared gowns and trouser sets embroidered white-on-white on muslin and georgette — by forty-two artisans, one thread at a time.

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The craft

Our embroidery is shadow and light — thread that only shows when the fabric moves.

Legend credits Empress Nur Jahan with bringing this white-on-white embroidery to the Mughal court. Our name is a nod to the cloth it loves best: fine muslin, which good shadow-work turns into light. Every motif below is worked by needle, never by machine. Scroll, and watch them stitch.

i.Paisley — outlined in fine running stitch, filled with a five-petal flower.
ii.Lattice — a net made by easing threads apart; no fabric is ever cut.
iii.Flower — eight petals in shadow-work, with a centre of tiny raised knots.

The 2026 bridal edit

Four silhouettes, endless thread.

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  1. Ivory georgette bridal skirt set with a lattice border on a dress form
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    Bridal Skirt Set

    A twenty-four-panel georgette skirt, ivory on ivory, with a scalloped lattice border, a fitted blouse and a matching veil.

    from ₹1,85,000

    Made to order · 16–20 weeks

  2. Pistachio green flared muslin gown with white lattice embroidery on a dress form
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    Floor-length Flared Gown

    A sixty-panel muslin gown in pistachio, lattice worked down every seam so it opens like a flower when you turn.

    from ₹72,000

    Made to order · 10–12 weeks

  3. Embroidered ivory tunic over flared champagne silk trousers on a dress form
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    Flared Trouser Set

    A knee-length tunic over wide flared trousers edged in gold ribbon, for the henna night or the ceremony. Ivory on champagne Chanderi silk.

    from ₹58,000

    Made to order · 8–10 weeks

  4. Sheer ivory veil with a hand-embroidered floral border
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    Heirloom Veil

    Two and a half metres of hand-embroidered georgette with a four-sided border. Wear it now, pass it on later.

    from ₹18,500

    Ready in 6–8 weeks

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    Bespoke

    Bring your mother’s veil, a sketch, or just a feeling. We design around it, motif by motif.

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Made by hand

Nothing here is quick. That is the point.

  • 1,400hours

    of needlework in a single bridal skirt set

  • 42artisans

    working from their homes in Chowk and Kakori

  • 32stitches

    in the stitch vocabulary we still use

  • 0machines

    Every stitch is a hand stitch. Always has been.

From muslin to the wedding day

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    Sit with us

    Chai, measurements and swatches at the atelier, or on video if you’re abroad.

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    Block & trace

    Motifs are printed onto the fabric in washable blue dye using carved wooden blocks.

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    The embroidery

    Your piece travels between artisans, each a master of two or three stitches.

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    Wash & finish

    Washed to lift the blue, starched, pressed and finished by hand. Then it is yours.

Private appointments

Come and touch the work.

Fine embroidery is best understood in the hand. Book an unhurried hour at our atelier near Gol Darwaza, or a video consultation from anywhere.

Atelier
Near Gol Darwaza, Chowk, Lucknow
Hours
Tue–Sun · 11 am – 7 pm · by appointment
Bridal lead time
Begin 5–6 months before the wedding
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