Olive Green Katan Silk Suit with Contrast Pink Dupatta | Kairi
Olive with its fuchsia contrast drape already paired.
A paisley border edges the pink dupatta along both sides.
Olive green meets a fuchsia pink panel, paisley running across the join.
Why this piece
- Genuinely hand block printed with hand-carved wooden blocks, never a screen
- The contrast pink dupatta is finished with a paisley border along both edges
- Opaque silk that needs no lining, though one can be added to elevate the look
The colour block
The set is built on a deliberate clash. Olive green carries the body of the print, and a panel of fuchsia pink cuts against it, with light blue and beige paisleys travelling over both so the two halves read as one piece.
A linear rectangular border of paisleys closes the hem and runs down the dupatta edges, which is what makes the contrast look designed rather than accidental. If you have been searching for a green suit with a genuine contrast dupatta rather than a safe matching one, this is that piece.
Wearing it
Olive is forgiving in daylight and the pink lifts it, so this works as easily at a desk on a Monday as it does at a lunch or an afternoon function. Keep jewellery to oxidised silver or plain gold studs and let the two colours do the talking; a plain olive or pink chikan inner is all it needs if you want to underline one side.
Hand block printing on silk is unusual - the craft is normally told about cotton - and a genuinely block-printed Katan set at this price sits well below what a premium woven silk suit costs.
The set
Top: 2.5 m, 44 to 45 inches wide
Bottom: 2.5 m, 44 to 45 inches wide
Dupatta: 2.5 m, 35 to 36 inches wide
Fabric: Katan silk, hand block printed with hand-carved wooden blocks
Lining: not required, the fabric is opaque; add one only to elevate the look
Stitching: up to 4XL for straight kurta sets, with length customised for larger sizes
Weight: 600 to 650 g for top, bottom and dupatta together
Care: dry clean the first time, then a gentle cold hand wash
Dispatch: dispatched the next working day, even though every metre is printed by hand
Collection: Kairi
The paisleys sit a shade off register where the blocks meet the colour break. That is the stamp landing by hand, and it is what tells you no machine touched this cloth.
| Fabric / Material | Katan Silk |
| Craft / Technique | Hand Block Print |
| Colour | Green |
| Origin / Cluster | Bhagalpur |
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Learn More
How do the olive and fuchsia halves tie together?
Through the paisleys. Light blue and beige paisleys travel over both the olive body and the fuchsia panel, carried straight across the colour break, so the two halves read as one cloth. Carrying a motif across a join like that is the harder job for the Bhagalpur printer, and it is what makes the clash look intended.
What edges the pink dupatta?
A linear rectangular border of paisleys runs down both long edges of the dupatta, and the same border closes the hem. That framing is what makes the contrast look designed rather than accidental, if you have wanted a genuine contrast dupatta instead of a safe matching one.
What inner and jewellery suit it?
Keep jewellery to oxidised silver or plain gold studs and let the two colours do the talking. If you want to underline one side of the pairing, a plain olive or pink chikan inner is all it needs.
Why do the paisleys sit slightly off where the colours meet?
That is the stamp landing by hand. Where the block crosses the colour break, the paisleys can sit a shade off register, because each impression was placed by eye rather than clamped by a machine. It is the clearest sign that no screen touched this cloth.
Will the fuchsia bleed onto the olive?
No. The fabric is colour-fast and does not bleed on the first wash. Dry clean the set the first time, then wash it gently in cold water. That keeps the olive and the fuchsia clean and separate, even though they sit side by side in the set.
Is there enough fabric for a larger size?
Yes. You get three unstitched pieces of 2.5 m each, the top and bottom 44 to 45 inches wide and the dupatta 35 to 36 inches. That stitches up to 4XL for a straight kurta set, with the length customised.
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