Hand-embroidered in LucknowDelivered across India40+ artisan hours per pieceSix generations of whitework
Hand-embroidered in LucknowDelivered across India40+ artisan hours per pieceSix generations of whitework
A House of Whitework
A garment is never finished - only set down by the hands that made it.
ilham translates the old Persian word for imprint. Every piece in our atelier is the imprint of a woman in a quiet courtyard, a needle in unhurried light, a motif recalled from a grandmother's memory.
Freshly off the loom
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Anarkalis, sarees, co-ords
Women
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Kurtas, nawabi, pathani
Men
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The Wedding Edit
Heirlooms before they are worn.
For the bride, the witness, the mother who folds away tomorrow's memory tonight.
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