Anarakli-2012

Here's an anarkali I had designed for my Cousin's engagement.
I knew I wanted my duppatta to have big motifs. Luckily got a  green coloured brocade fabric which had big motifs ,  out of which I made a border for my duppatta. and kept my Anarkali simple with just banarasi Zari border at the bottom and mustard yellow brocade for sleeves.

Here's how it looked. -

My Design 2009

Hi...Here's my first post.
Well about 2-3 yrs back...in Oct, 2009 ,  I wanted to design a few good dresses for myself  for Diwali.
I had this blue brocade that I had bought long back & finally  decided to utilize.

I went to my favourite fabric store in Mumbai. I decided to go for blue , purple and pink combination...Yea it may sound a bit common now ..but about 3 yrs back , multi-coloured dresses & brocades were not as popular in retails as they are now. So getting back to the dress combi, I picked up the purple chanderi net for my duppatta. [Again...not so common back then ;-) ]  I didnt have a good karigar for hand work.Hence I bought this dull gold tikli embroidered  fabric to make borders out of it to highlight my duppatta ,  also picked up a blue pink shaded raw silk for my chudhidaar. Shimmer fabric which is toooo common these days,  were just in vogue for reverse borders, cording etc. picked up tht too. [ But now,  I wont even pick it if its available for free ;-)]

After buying all that was there in my list. I felt something was still missing. I checked my blue brocade again. It had purple pink and yellow paisley motifs. I thought why not go for a rich yellow brocade too. I  was a bit hesistant though. I didn't know how much  will a  multicoloured-brocade thingy be appreciated in our South Indian social circle ,But somehow just went for it.

And here's the pic of the outcome.(please excuse me for the pic quality.)

I really liked the way the Purple and yellow combi worked for the duppatta, hence I decided to use the same duppatta to make a ghaghra choli for my cousin's wedding. I used an old saree of my mom for the ghaghra border and lil patchwork on the top.

And Here's the outcome. (pic.)
And ...to my Surpirse...about a year later...I happen to come across  one of  Manish Malhotra's design which he showcased in Hyatt in Oct 2010. Exactly a year after I designed this duppatta, Yes Ofcourse his brocade is wayyyyy too rich.but just the thought of my design being even 0.1 percent similar to Manish Malhotra's design makes me feel sooo good :)

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