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Hand-embroidered Chikankari climbs across the yoke of this flounce top, then gives way to a soft, flared flounce hem. The white-thread florals are worked by Lucknow's karigars, the same craft found on the city's finest kurtas. It pairs as easily with jeans as with palazzos. Light, breathable, and made to move.
Slight color and embroidery variations are natural, reflecting its handmade character. Hand wash separately in cold water with mild detergent. Do not bleach. Dry in shade and iron on reverse at low-medium heat.
Each piece is handcrafted, so slight variations in colour, texture and dimension are natural and celebrate its handmade origin.
Three ways to wear it.
Everyday. Tuck the front lightly into high-waist jeans, add flat mules or white sneakers, and let the flounce fall over the hip. This is the easy summer version, cool and quick to pull together. A tan crossbody keeps it casual.
Work. Pair the top with tapered or straight trousers and neutral loafers. Layer a fine blazer or a long shrug when the room turns formal, leaving the embroidered yoke on show at the neckline. Oxidised studs finish it cleanly.
Occasion. Match it with palazzos or a fluid skirt, add jhumkas and juti, and let the flounce carry the movement. The yoke handwork does the dressing-up, so the look stays light rather than heavy for a daytime function.
Frame notes. The embroidered yoke draws the eye upward, which flatters most frames. The flared flounce skims the hip rather than clinging, an easy line for pear and mid-size shapes. Petite frames can tuck the front to keep the proportion balanced.
Care while wearing. Keep perfume and deodorant off the yoke embroidery. Hang the top between wears so the flounce keeps its fall, and unhook jewellery gently to avoid pulling a thread.
A Chikankari flounce top carries its craft where the eye lands first, on the yoke.
Marking the design. The pattern is block-printed onto the fabric in washable blue neel, mapped so the densest embroidery sits across the yoke and thins toward the flounce. Carved wooden blocks stamp each motif in place.
Building the yoke. This is the slow heart of the work. Lucknow's karigars fill the printed lines with Chikankari's stitch vocabulary, tepchi for running outlines, bakhiya shadow-work read from behind the cloth, phanda and murri for the raised seed-like centres of flowers. Worked close together on the yoke, these stitches turn a plain neckline into the top's focal point.
The wash. Once stitched, the panel is washed so the blue print lifts and the white thread stands clear. This dhulai step also softens the cloth to its final, breathable hand.
Finishing the flounce. The embroidered fabric is then cut and sewn, with the flared flounce gathered at the hem so it falls in soft movement below the worked yoke.
A quick authenticity check: turn the top inside out. Genuine hand Chikankari shows slightly uneven stitches and a tidy worked reverse, unlike the identical repeats of a machine print. The craft itself is Lucknow's Chikan work, protected as a Geographical Indication since 2008 (ipindia.gov.in/gi), and that tag covers the tradition, not this single top.
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Shop handcrafted Chikankari kurtas, suits & dupattas from Lucknow artisans. 40+ traditional hand stitches on cotton, muslin & silk. Direct from craft clusters.
