Gota Patti, once a fashion-essential for Mughal royalty has re-interpreted itself as trendy wedding apparel.
This intricate technique of embroidery that uses cotton and metal, used to be crafted out of gold and copper fibres, but is now made from synthetic fibres, according to Bhavna Bhatia, a Delhi-based designer, credited with several inventive designs that employ gota patti.
Bhavna has honed this "underestimated" form of craftsmanship since 2008, at her boutique 'Kyra By Bhavna' in 2008. "If you visit Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer or Bikaner, you'll find the best gota kinari (or gota borders), no small surprise as Rajasthan is where this art hails from. Even today, it complements wedding functions such as mehndi, or sangeet."
However Bhatia rues that gota is frequently relegated to the edges of saris and lehengas (full skirts), but they ought to become more prominent and to that end, Bhatia frequently jazzes up her creations with multi-coloured gota work. "Gota is also more popularly used with bright greens and yellows, reds and pinks" she explains, "but I try to give it a softer touch by incorporating it into nude hues as well."
See some gorgeous photos of gota work from Bhatia's factory in various stages of completion.
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This intricate technique of embroidery that uses cotton and metal, used to be crafted out of gold and copper fibres, but is now made from synthetic fibres, according to Bhavna Bhatia, a Delhi-based designer, credited with several inventive designs that employ gota patti.
Bhavna has honed this "underestimated" form of craftsmanship since 2008, at her boutique 'Kyra By Bhavna' in 2008. "If you visit Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer or Bikaner, you'll find the best gota kinari (or gota borders), no small surprise as Rajasthan is where this art hails from. Even today, it complements wedding functions such as mehndi, or sangeet."
However Bhatia rues that gota is frequently relegated to the edges of saris and lehengas (full skirts), but they ought to become more prominent and to that end, Bhatia frequently jazzes up her creations with multi-coloured gota work. "Gota is also more popularly used with bright greens and yellows, reds and pinks" she explains, "but I try to give it a softer touch by incorporating it into nude hues as well."
See some gorgeous photos of gota work from Bhatia's factory in various stages of completion.
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