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Made On Order | Shahi Paan Gold
₹47,500.00
Meiraas Exclusive Shahi Paan Gold Zari Silk Kurta with cotton silk plain pants to match. This Kurta is MADE ON ORDER and can also be created on Rose Gold Zari Silk fabric.
This Kurta Pant set is MADE ON ORDER only & will take 13 weeks approx to get made & dispatched.
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- Shahi Paan Chikankari motif re created by Meiraas using reference from old archived motifs housed in prestigious textile museums.
- Bijli Boota Chikankari motif re created by Meiraas using reference from old archived motifs housed in prestigious textile museums.
- 2 Taar Chikankari work featuring some of the most spectacular stitches of Chikankari
- Handwoven Pure Gold Zari Silk Fabric (we now have Rose Gold available too).
- Seamless Margins inside to make a more long lasting Kurta, which is a rarity in ready to wear.
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Ambi Antique Sea Green
₹11,500.00
Antique Masterclass Jaali Chikankari Hand Embroidery Dupatta on handwoven Organza with Ganga Jamuna borders of Tested Zari Gold & Silver on either side.
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- Century plus antique Chikankari motif found and restored for use.
- Masterclass Jaali stitch using Zari filament, which is extremely difficult to do.
- Sustaining highest quality of Jaali stitch as centrepiece, which is almost vanishing from the craft or getting replaced with sequins and cutdana.
- Handwoven Pure Organza Silk with tested Zari borders of Gold & Silver, making it a Hand embroidered and Hand Woven wholesome piece of wearable art.
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Made on Order | Kabootarbaazi Ensemble – Dove Grey
₹29,500.00
Imp: This Kurta is Made On Order. Please select your size & we will stitch it complimentary.
Meiraas Exclusive Chikankari design, Kabootarbaazi, was launched in 2018. We created a variation of that Kurta, with a Kashmiri embroidery inspired neckline in Chikankari, & the statement back with our signature Kabootar & Mehraab.
The Dupatta is our Exclusive Pine Cone Jugnu Mukaish Dupatta, with a very unique Mukaish embroidery, that cannot be found easily in even amongst the premium Chikankari pieces.
A unique and classic ensemble for all occasions, which you would like to cherish & pass on as heirloom
The Sustainability Quotient (TSQ):
1. Skilled Resham Hand Embroidery on Exclusive motif art by Meiraas
2. Exclusive & Rare Mukaish Pine Cone style embroidery.
3. Handloom Chanderi & Handloom Organza (for dupatta)
4. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well researched coffee table book.
KHAYAL (mood-board):
Kabootarbaazi (Pigeon flying) is inherent to the culture of Lucknow and Awadh. Whether romanced in Ruskin Bond’s period novella “A Flight of the Pigeons” or appearing aesthetically in Ray’s “Shatranj ke Khiladi”, Pigeons and the skyline of Lucknow is synonymous with each other. Seen here is Kabootar (Pigeon) in the romantic Mehraab (Archways) in the EXCLUSIVE MOTIF created by Meiraas under Falaknuma Collection. The motif of Chikankari is an exclusive design of Meiraas launched in 2018.
POSHAAK (about the dress):
This beautiful Dove Grey Chikankari Kurta has a Kashmiri style heavy neckline of shadow & ghaspatti embroidery in white thread work. A pair of Doves is flying towards the floral yoke, with subtle Mukaish highlights allover.
The back has a statement motif of Kabootar in Mehraab (archway).
The Kurta is accompanied by our Umrao Mukaish Pine Cone Jugnu dupatta, an Exclusive & Rare Mukaish creation, in grey shade to match.
If you wish to add plain Glazed Cotton pants in same shade to match, you can select the same from Glazed Cotton Plain Pants and in Customer Note mention: Please make Pants to match the selected set. We will do the needful
This post has Kurta (stitching & slip is complimentary) & Dupatta that can be shopped. Pants can be added extra, as explained above.
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Made on Order | Shahi Paan Ensemble – Lemon Souffle
₹29,500.00
Imp: The set is Made on Order. Please select your size & we will stitch it complimentary.
Meiraas Exclusive Chikankari design, Shahi Paan, was launched in 2020, and was made using an archival motif as reference. This is a Chikankari Kurta made on Handloom Chanderi with the dupatta accompanying this Kurta in Handloom Organza fabric with Gold and Silver Zari Ganga Jamuna borders.
A stunning and classic ensemble for all occasions, which you would like to cherish & pass on as heirloom
The Sustainability Quotient (TSQ):
1. Skilled Resham Hand Embroidery on Exclusive motif art created using archival motifs.
2. Exclusive Shahi Paan motif carved following all processes, including making a new needle to carve such an intricate motif
3. Handloom Chanderi & Handloom Organza (for dupatta)
4. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well researched coffee table book.
KHAYAL (mood-board):
When you think of Chikankari, you invariably think of the Classic fine quality thread work, that once defined the look of this embroidery . There is an ethereal charm of that era of Chikankari, that seems like a whisper of the soul whose hands embellished the fine fabric. They carry the joy, the tears, the stories, the candour that the artisans shared, while the needles brought alive each Flower, Knot, Trellis; but how much more beautiful would it be, if this whisper of Fine Chikankari was not just relegated to beautiful coffee table books & museums as part of archived history of Textiles. It is heart wrenching to see beautiful embroidery motifs of Chikankari housed in Textile Museums, to be gawped at, but designated to a fate where they shall never be part of someone else’s story.
Shahi Paan Kurta is our endeavour from The Art and Antiquities Project of Meiraas, for which we travel through museums, seek crafts in Temples and study Historical archived images, so that the Queens in us can make these designs a part of our unique story again
POSHAAK (about the dress):
This beautiful pastel lemon yellow Kurta has breathtaking Shahi Paan embroidery done in 2 Taar Resham thread as the statement back. The front of the Kurta has Meiraas Bijli Boota embroidered, making this a Kurta with two stunning archival embroideries in one Kurta that you can cherish forever & hand down generations as part of keepsake embroidery. The bright yellow thread work on pastel lemony base, makes it classic & vibrant at the same time
The Kurta is accompanied by a stunning bright yellow Dupatta in Handloom Organza fabric with Gold and Silver Zari Ganga Jamuna borders. The Dupatta has a Crescent Moon motif with an inverted Paan in two diagonal konia, and floral bootas allover the body in white thread work.
If you wish to add plain Glazed Cotton pants in same shade to match, you can select the same from Glazed Cotton Plain Pants and in Customer Note mention: Please make Pants to match the selected set. We will do the needful
This post has Kurta (stitching & slip is complimentary) & Dupatta that can be shopped. Pants can be added extra, as explained above.
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Made on Order | Dance of the Cranes Ensemble | Rose and Pistachio
₹26,000.00
This signature saree of Meiraas is Made on Order only. Please email us at namaste@meiraas.com for colour and fabric customisation.
Meiraas Bestseller Chikankari design since its first launch in 2018, the Power of Silence, Dance of the Cranes motif has been one of our most requested motifs. This is a Chikankari Kurta made on Handloom Chanderi with Rose & Pistachio embroidery.
The dupatta accompanying this Kurta is in Handloom Organza fabric with Gold and Silver Zari Ganga Jamuna borders.
A unique yet classic ensemble for all occasions.
The Sustainability Quotient (TSQ):
1. Skilled Resham Hand Embroidery on absolutely novel motif art.
2. Exclusive Dance of the Cranes Meiraas motifs carved following all processes.
3. Handloom Chanderi
4. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well researched coffee table book.
KHAYAL (mood-board):
The outskirts of the historic & charming city of Lucknow are equally beautiful in their rustic charm. These ancient Indo Gangetic plains are lush with greenery & boasts of one of World's oldest agrarian civilisation. Watching the emerald landscape of Awadh is a surreal experience, even more so in winters when dotted with the migratory bird population, the most notable of these being the Siberian Cranes, that never enter the city Lucknow, but stay just outside, especially in Nawabgunj Bird Sanctuary. With this concept in mind, we wanted to design motifs that glide in the night sky in a Yin & Yang appeal; we found the desirable art style of these motifs, very surprisingly, in Japan. The ancient Japanese Art style is dramatically circular in design, & it is here that we found our serendipity, the right manner to display the Nawabgunj Cranes. The motif of Chikankari is an exclusive design of Meiraas launched in 2018. Borrowing from Japanese palette, we designed the motifs keeping Chikankari stitches in mind, that best romance the gliding flight of the Siberian Cranes.
POSHAAK (about the dress):
The cranes are falling, gliding, flying & finally in a circular Dance of Love at the statement back, in this Meiraas Exclusive Kurta made on Handloom Chanderi. The pastel pink Kurta has embroidery in fresh green colour, making it a unique pastel on pastel play Kurta.
The Kurta is accompanied by a Dupatta in Handloom Organza fabric with Gold and Silver Zari Ganga Jamuna borders. The Dupatta has a stunning Crescent Moon motif with Cranes flying atop it in two diagonal konia, and floral bootas allover the body.
If you wish to add plain Glazed Cotton pants in same shade to match, you can select the same from Glazed Cotton Plain Pants and in Customer Note mention: Please make Pants to match the selected set. We will do the needful
This post has Kurta (stitching & slip is complimentary) & Dupatta that can be shopped. Pants can be added extra, as explained above.
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TaamraLakshami
₹55,000.00
This saree is Ready To Ship.
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- Resham Chikankari (Hand Embroidery Practised Since Ancient Age).
- Hand Picked Ancient Archived Motifs.
- Conceptual and Exclusive Chikankari Artwork on Zari Silk fabric.
- Handloom Zari Silk fabric.
- Museum quality Chikankari sarees that can be handed down generation to generation as a treasure.
- The saree reflects light back, making it impossible to work in full light, hence it needs perfect light setting in a room and extremely skilled artisans to make it.
- Such fabric requires enormous dexterity and a very fine level of craftsmanship, therefore the number of artisans working on it are just 1-2 only. This means it takes more time than other sarees
- Zari Taar Jaali work is extremely difficult to do on this saree; Cutting jaali by hand is a difficult and time consuming process as it is (this is why its artisans are reducing, as they demand better wages for the time and skill, which popular market is unwilling to pay). Cutting a jaali using Zari Taar filament is the toughest level, as the Zari Taar is not visible to the naked eye easily. In this case Zari Taar has been used to cut Jaali on full Zari Silk saree, making it the toughest level. This obviously commands time and best wages for the artisans involved.
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Chandramani
₹45,000.00
Soothing tones of Grey Silver of the Moon, glow in this Resham Chikankari saree on Handloom Tussar Silk, touched with delicate stars of Mukaish all through.
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- Resham Chikankari (Hand Embroidery Practised Since Ancient Age)
- Mukaish Embroidery (Ancient Beaten Metal Wire Embroidery)
- Hand Picked Ancient Archived Motifs
- Conceptual and Exclusive Chikankari Artwork
- Handspun Handloom Tussar Silk
- Museum quality Chikankari sarees that can be handed down generation to generation as a treasure.
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Kannauji Gulaab Saree
₹21,500.00
A gorgeous Chikankari saree with signature Floral motif of Kannauji Gulaab, in stunning Ombre shades of deeply fragrant roses of Kannauj. This saree is one piece only and Ready To Ship.
The Sustainability Quotient (TSQ):
1. Skilled Hand Embroidery on absolutely novel motif art.
2. Hand carved motifs carved following all processes.
3. Handloom Chanderi.
4. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well researched coffee table book.
KHAYAL (Mood-board):
Kannauji Gulaab is revered for its sharp yet subtle fragramce of Pink Roses, that was used to make Rose essential oils and perfumes since most ancient times, to this date. The romance associated with sharply pink and extremely fragrant roses of Kannauj, shaped our moodboard.
POSHAAK (About the garment):
This ombre Pink saree, inspired by the deeply fragrant roses of Kannauj, features a stunning floral Bel Boota motif on one koniya of the palla. The rest of the palla has two beautiful miniature floral running through the palla and body of the saree.
The embroidery is white on the base of Ombre Pink, to bring out the delicate stitches like keel, double kangan, ghaspatti, orma, rahet, pechni, phanda, amongst other stitches.
Delicate stars of Mukaish have been placed to enhance the embroidery work of this beautiful saree. It is finished with kingri lace on the palla.
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Patta Patta Boota Boota Saree
₹21,500.00
Meiraas Bestseller Chikankari design since its first launch in 2018, the Power of Silence, Patta Patta Boota Boota motif has been one of our most requested motifs. After being one of our Bestseller designs on a Kurta, this motif now gets a Saree of its own. This signature saree of Meiraas is one piece only and Ready To Ship, and can subsequently be Made on Order in various colours as well.
THE SUSTAINABILITY QUOTIENT (TSQ):
1. Skilled Hand Embroidery on absolutely novel motif art.
2. Exclusive Patta Patta Boota Boota Meiraas motifs carved following all processes.
3. Handloom Chanderi.
4. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well researched coffee table book.
KHAYAL (Mood-board):
Patta Patta Boota Boota is a poem by Mir Taqi Mir, a celebrated poet of both Delhi School of Poetry and Lucknow School of Poetry. His beautiful poem is the Khayal or inspiration to name this Boota that finds itself as part of Murals in all Rajasthani, Luckhnavi, Delhi art from the 15th Century onwards or maybe even later. This motif of Chikankari is an exclusive design of Meiraas launched in 2018.
POSHAAK (About the garment):
The Patta Boota motif is adorned on the palla of this beautiful Lilac saree. The saree has 2 different floral miniature bootis running on the palla and the body.
The embroidery is further enhanced with stars of Mukaish. Stitches like Orma, Ghaspatti, Shadow, Zanjeera, Rahet, etc have been used to bring alive the motifs. The lovely lilac colour is soothing, elegant and yet unique in its own way.
The saree is further adorned with same colour handmade fabric tassles in Handloom Chanderi and tucked with our signature Mother of Pearl buttons.
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Made On Order | Ratna Mayur
₹50,925.00
This saree is Made On Order only. Please email us at namaste@meiraas.com for colour or fabric customisation
The grand Mayur motif of Yakshi Shwet saree, finds a new look in this glorious handloom Mulberry Silk saree with Resham Chikankari, depicting a pair of Peacocks enclosed inside a window. The perfect saree that takes inspiration from the subtle embroidered sarees of the past, and allows the fine quality workmanship and the glow of the saree to create the magic of Slow Fashion.
THE SUSTAINABILITY QUOTIENT (TSQ):
1. Skilled Resham Hand Embroidery on absolutely novel motif art.
2. 200 year old Mayur heritage hand carved motif.
3. Handloom Mulberry Silk.
4. Conceptual Chikankari work, that might someday be housed in a museum of crafts, or a well researched coffee table book.
KHAYAL (Mood-board):
In Meiraas, we treat our Chikankari sarees as a canvas, on which we display our expressions or Khayal, via heritage hand embroidery. Ratna Mayur saree is an expression evolved over our many travels throughout the country, where the elegant peacocks are a common sight to behold. It is amazing how much joy the mere sight of a peacock can bring, to lift up even the most bleak days one could be facing. No wonder, this elegant bird is attached to our Divinity, and also accosted the status of our National Bird. The interplay of Golden Yellow base with Firozi Peacocks came to us from various fort paintings all across Rajasthan. Since most of these personal travels happened during our winter breaks, we especially wanted to create a symposium of all these reveries, into one saree. The saree base was kept as Golden Yellow to indicate the pleasant softness of winter sun in North India.
POSHAAK (About the garment):
This handloom Mulberry Silk saree has a buttery yellow hue, that is accentuated with Firozi Resham Chikankari embroidery to bring out the colour on colour interplay of the craft, that is usually known for monotone look.
The palla has a grand window made of border floral Bel. Inside this window, we have embroidered two Peacocks, making a lover's knot, poetically. Stitches of Ghaaspatti, Zari Taar ki Jaali, Hool, Bijli, amongst other stitches, create this visual poetry.
The rest of the palla has an interplay of miniature peacock motifs, along with floral motifs.
It is a very rich texture saree with stunning work, and is finished with crochet lace in the colour of the embroidery.
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Black Currant Chikankari Cotton Saree
₹6,900.00
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- Artisan Skill Enhancement:
- The motifs used in this saree are generally used for Pure Georgette sarees. In the local language of the artisans they called "Pure ka Boota" (meaning expensive motif). The motifs generally used for everyday Cotton Sarees are unskilled and are referred to as "chaalu kaam" (basic work) in their local parlance. The usage of this motif gave them an opportunity to work upon designs that they generally never get, thereby enhancing their skill set.
- Jaali Stitch - fast vanishing from all artisans skill set, the Jaali stitch now remains a cynosure of premium Chikankari units only. The bargain basement embroidery market has completely devolved the artisan skill in Chikankari. We got them back to practising Jaali stitch by commissioning the same on Rajnigandha saree. (please refer to last image for reference, as initial photos did not have Jaali. The last image is taken indoors with mobile phone to show jaali).
- Amber Charkha (non motorised) spun & Handwoven Cotton
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Buttery Yellow Dress
₹12,500.00
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- Artisan Skill Enhancement: The dresses are embroidered by our Rajnigandha unit, who till 2019 were used to working on what is termed as "chaalu kaam" or fast moving Chikankari goods. They had never worked on such a skilled piece that helped them invest more creative hours & therefore earn better piece with creative satisfaction
- Paan Motif: Usage of the much less used Paan Motif in regular work also, so that this motif can be revived.
- Handloom Chanderi fabric: Making this dress a Handwoven & Handcrafted delight
Here I would also like to divulge, that at the risk of losing business, I have put my foot down on making “gowns” (whatever that means) and One Time Wears as much as I could.
For my Kalidar Dresses, I revisited some films from 1960s, where Kalidar Frocks, both Knee Length and Calf Length were worn by vintage actresses. The ease, the charm, the subtlety and the flow - I wanted that. I will especially recall Sadhana’s short one in Mere Mehboob, and Padmini’s beautiful orange one in Mera Naam Joker, in a Qawali song. Smart, easy to dress up and down, laidback and classic.
Something you can wear anywhere, anytime.
Here’s presenting a series on one of my favourite themes - Dolce Far Niente aka The Sweetness of Doing Nothing”
- Vidhi Rastogi, Head of Design, Meiraas
POSHAAK (About the Dress): Buttery Yellow Chikankari Flared Dress on Finest Quality Handloom Chanderi with gorgeous flare & very dear embroidery of Lucknow's unique Paan Boota both on front & back in absolutely same pattern. This classic piece of Old World Dress is created keeping the drama of yesteryears in mind. Wear, twirl & watch the elegance overpower everyone.
The dress comes with a soft cotton detachable slip to match. 
