Manish Malhotra creation in Chikankari with famous Bollywood personalities, Shahrukh khan & Anushka Sharma

Chikankari, the name resonates with India rich culture, heritage, art, handicraft. With the fast-changing trends in the fashion industry India has proved to preserve, flourish, nurture & give global recognition to Chikankari.

 Classic handcrafted Chikankari lehenga with additional Parsi Gara embroidery, enhanced with additional embellishment like the french knot, bead-work, zari work, sequence work, mukaish work.

Rich Chikankari lehenga in pure Georgette with fine intricate hand embroidery, 3 piece Lehanga with handcrafted blouse, 3 meter heavily hand embroidered dupatta & Lehenga. Beauty &  richness is further enhanced with mukaish work and rich badla work.

Elegant classic handcrafted Chikankari Bridal Lehanga to accentuate every Indian bride and make her special day memorable with fine handcrafted Chikankari work with Mukaish work

Unique designed Chikankari Lehanga all over hand-embroidered with various embellishment like Japani kathdana, Tikki work, sequence, zardouzi work

Origin & History of Chikankari

Chikankari is the most traditional embroidery style from Lucknow.  Chikan in the literal sense means embroidery. The word Chikan is basically derived from the Persian word Chikeen. Chikankari in earlier days was Traditionally done on mulmul - fine muslin cloth. There is also a tale that a traveler taught this art of chikanakri to peasant in exchange of water
Chikankari stems from white -on -white embroidery of Shiraz that came to India as a part of the culture of Persian nobles at the Mughal court. The origin of Chikankari is initiated by the influence of the intricate carving of  Mughal architecture during their period.

Chikankari work is native to the city of Lucknow

Chikankari in Lucknow has a rich history behind it, patronized by Nawabs. There are about 5000 families belonging to the art of chikankari. The artisans belong to the local Muslim community. Earlier it was done on white or colorless muslin cloth known as Tanzeb

Chikanakri is mostly done by women

The magic of this fine art of chikankari in Lucknow is usually done by female karigars. This art has beautifully evolved with times, traditionally done on mulmul now with this growing demand internationally this exclusive work of art is flourishing and carried on various fabrics like cotton, semi-Georgette, pure Georgette, pure silk, tassar silk, etc

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Close up of chikan kari design

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Chikankari Heavy Embroidery Dupatta in Georgette and Pure Fabrics

Chikankari Heavy Embroidery Dupatta in Georgette and Pure Fabrics

Kareena Kapoor wearing heavy embroidered Chikan Dupatta

HEAVY JALL FULL ALL OVER EMBROIDERED DUPATTA / CHUNNI ONLY IN PURE GEORGETTE. ADDITIONAL RICH MUKAISH KAMDAANI BADLA WORK CAN BE DONE.

Full Spread of Chikan Embroidered Heavy Jaal Dupatta

Ideal for formal occasion, exclusive Hi-end designer wear. The images have a close up of rich Jaal , Border and All over. This can be worn on any dress of your choice and can be coloured DYED in any pastle shades

The All over pattern on the above chikankari heavy jaal Dupatta

One side of over pattern on the above chikankari heavy jaal Dupatta

Border pattern on the above chikankari heavy jaal Dupatta