The desk
Muslin & the drape.
Silk is touch-and-fall. The desk will stitch a blouse from a muslin, not from a photograph of a celebrity pallu.
As woven, or fall & pico
As woven — the fall is as the loom left it. Unstitched blouse cloth as listed. Choose this if a tailor you trust will finish the piece.
Fall & pico — a narrow fall is stitched at the unit, edges pico’d. Adds about four days. The pallu is not shortened.
Blouse stitch — fall, pico, and the blouse piece stitched to the muslin note. About ten days. Without a muslin, the desk will not cut.
How to take a muslin
- Wear the blouse you already like, or a fitted kameez.
- Over it, pin cheap cotton. Mark bust, waist, shoulder, armhole, and the neck you want — front and back.
- Write the date, your name, and “ORAA lot …” on the cloth. Photograph the marks in daylight, flat, with a tape in frame.
- Send the numbers in the listing’s muslin field, and keep the cotton until the coordinator asks for it.
We will not copy a plunging celebrity neck onto a Kanjivaram without those marks. If the note is missing, the lot leaves unstitched.
The drape itself
A Banarasi kadhua wants a firm petticoat. A Chanderi or Maheshwari will crush in a suitcase and steam out. Tussar should not be wrung. Ikat may smell of the dye-yard for a day.
Pallu over the left shoulder is the default in our stills. Nivi, Bengali, and Gujarati drapes are yours — we do not pin a house style as the only correct one.