10 panels black maxi skirt with hand embroidered white cotton applique work. The motifs as well as the method used in the applique work of this jacket is very old and has been practised from the time of the kings. It was handed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of artisans left who practice the traditional method of hand embroidered applique in Manipur today, due to the introduction of embroidery machines. However, the quality and 'humanness' of hand embroidered applique work cannot be replaced by that of machine embroidered ones.
Care Instruction: Dry Clean Only
Material: Silk
Primary colour: Black,White
Size Available: S,M,L
Size Chart:
Small – Bust = 34†Waist = 26†Hip = 36â€
Medium – Bust = 36†Waist = 28†Hip = 38â€
Large – Bust = 38†Waist = 30†Hip = 40â€
** Please select the desired size from Variants.
*** Images are for illustrative purpose, price is only for the product listed not the complete dress as shown in image
Country of Origin - India
ABOUT Khumanthem
“As modernity sets in, bringing in its wake, an influx of cultural and social changes, bulwarking social status and power became the putative purpose for existence of fashion. The sartorial assets, lovingly left to us by our ancestors, sit at the back of our closets, gathering dust, evanescing, while our latest and most luxurious conquest gets the place of honour. It is not wrong to want to be different from the mass, to choose fashion as a means to claim our status in society, but its terribly sad to do it at the expense of forsaking one’s own tradition and culture. What we could...
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