The Royal Story - Rajasthani Poshak

The State Rajasthan is one of the most famous and royal State in India. The tradition and culture of this state are beyond imagination, have an incredible culture, heritage, history and ethnic clothing style. The folk culture-historical monuments and royal heritage make it the most visited tourist spot. Coming back to its ethnic clothing is totally graceful and traditional.
Especially the women’s, they have some beautifully exceptional style of wearing clothing. These type of ethnic dresses in Rajasthan is known as Rajasthani Poshak. This ethnic clothing is a special feature and a royal identification mark of Rajputi Women’s. The bridal Poshak is one of its own beautiful kind in the exotic variety of the Rajasthani Poshak. The Rajasthani Poshaks is a beautiful illustration of zari, zardossi, taara work embroidered all over. They have a distinctive stand in the entire culture of the beautiful Rajasthan.

Classification of Rajputi Poshaks

Ghagra – A long skirt that ends at the feet. Cut in short “kalis” to add width and magnificence at the bottom, more the “kalis” more the glory of Ghagra. Tailored with distinct fabrics in the beautiful range of colour, prints and designs.

Kurti and Kanchali – It covers the upper body of women, having two different pieces, the kurti being the first worn over the kanchali which is the second piece. The Kanchali and Kurti require skilled artisans for this laborious art of tailoring this ethnic clothing come out as magical and alluring.

Odhani – A long piece of 2.5-meter transparent cloth, made with mild fabric usually chiffon and georgette, etc weighing lightweight just as like a feather. Odhni gives a complete look, enhances the charm of the Rajasthani Poshak and adds to the beauty of the women adorning it. The style of carrying the odhani is distinctive and vary from community to community.
It covers the whole body with the head and adds dignity and elegance to a women's beauty. An embellished look can be attained by adding patches and embroidery like that of intricate zari, zardossi, tara and kundan work.
While other dresses in India have a different style of adorning the ethnic clothing, these Rajputi Poshak are stitched in the same way but with distinctive beautiful colours and designs.
 There is no fashionable way to wear this Rajasthani Poshak just like how every gorgeous Rajasthani women wears it.  For all you women to stand out of the crowd with elegance, style, beauty and glamour with Rajasthani ethnic look Aachho brings for you an exotic collection to take you back to the royal couture of jaw-dropping beautiful Rajasthani casual and bridal Poshaks only for you at affordable prices to give you the real essence of royalty.

Bandhani Suits - A Rajasthani Legacy

The alluring art form called Bandhani is an astonishing skill. The process includes dying a fabric tied tightly with a thread at many points, thus producing a variety of beautiful and elegant designs. The designs are produced in the formation in which cloth is tied. Accuracy and patience, both are needed for the same. Bandhani has beautiful ethnic wears to offer. Mainly colours used in Bandhani suits are red, yellow, green, blue and black. The most popular ones are white and red which gives an eccentric and beautiful appeal to the pattern. Over the decades, many colours and many designs have evolved in this beautiful vintage traditional art form.
The colours used in Bandhani suits are both natural as well as artificial. Generally, dark colours are used as the pattern compliments better with dark and lively colours in the background. In the early days, dyes were extracted from berries, flowers, roots, and leaves. Rajasthan produces a refined quality of bandhej. Places in Rajasthan like Sikar, Bhilwara, Udaipur, Jaipur Bikaner, Ajmer, and Jamnagar in Gujarat are the popularly known centres producing odhnis(Dupattas), suits, sarees and turbans specialising in Bandhani. Different communities in Rajasthan have for eras practised the tradition of tying turbans with different designs of bandhani on their heads. Each colour used in Bandhani suit conveys a specific meaning in Bandhej. If red is worn, It signifies a newly wedded bride. It is believed that adorning a Bandhani suit can bring a good future to a bride. Also, if yellow is worn it depicts a newly become blessed mother.
Bandhani suits have been sold all over India and the demand has impressively increased over the past few eras.
To give you an ideal look for every occasion and festival we at Aachho bring for you an exotic range of Beautiful Bandhani suits for all you gorgeous women to nail every event with elegance, comfort and fashion.

Rajasthani Kota Doria's - The sensational charm

A traditional fabric-inspired and offered from the land of the desert, Rajasthan, a work of cotton and pure silk known as the ‘Kota Doria’ is a patient and effortlessly dedicated effort that yields magnificent outcomes.
Kota Doria has cotton in the warp and silk in the weft to yield a unique combination that gives the binding strength of cotton and the shine of the silk. Fine textured, light and airy the Kota Doria attires are translucent muslin fabrics, very convenient and easy to wear in hot climates.
Take the cheque weave of a Kota sari the famous pattern since centuries, the delicate and intricate wrought checks locally known as khats are generally of pure cotton with golden Zari threads woven in square patterns being a famous variety.  Distinctive features in borders and a whole array of bright colours and shades like pink, blue, saffron, orange etc. applied to ethnic prints and alluring embroidery work create stunning effects that makes this fabric amazingly sensational.

The Masuria Silks are royal affairs of pure silk, gold and silver threads or Zari. The Kota Doria Pure Silk Weaves worn with beautiful Jaipuri prints, traditional motifs, fancy zari or printed borders, beautiful embroidery work on the palla, making them an exclusively classic must-have.

The charm of the Kota Doria apart from the fineness of the weave lies in the colour use and beautiful combinations.

You could a variety of light and vibrant colours with tested zari borders. There could be deep dark colours on the silk and cotton fabrics with dramatic and alluring broad borders suited for the evening as well as office wear. Then there could be floral and vine motifs all over in gentle colours with eye-catching designs and patterns on the border and palla. Subsequently, we could see alternate stripes of gold and silver on the borders and horizontal stripes across the palla, rich and appealing for ethnic festivals and social gatherings. Then there is the jazzy eye-catching type, where pure silk kota Doria in vibrant colours could have contrast borders and designer pallas to give a totally royal look.

Kota Dorias are well-known for their light hues and lively colours that are like the fresh breeze from the desert. With beautiful motifs and mesmerizing floral block prints and the refined use of zari borders, the Kota cotton usher in a new wave of fashion that is attractive and enthralling and one of a kind.

RAJPUTI POSHAK- BE ONE OF A KIND CLASSY

Rajputi Poshak is a stunning and lively ethnic wear which is a blend of Rajasthani and Mughal cultural heritage; it is believed that the Mughal's stimulated the women of Rajputana to adapt the "Poshak" as their magnificent royal attire. The richness and diversity of Rajasthani culture and heritage are portrayed in this alluring ethnic wear. The dress with a wide variety of colours and beautiful Rajasthani jewellery makes the women wearing it looks amazingly beautiful.

The dress consists of four garments which together sum up as " Poshak ", these are " Kanchali" "Kurti ", "Odhani "and "Ghagra".  Kanchali, is an inner wear with sleeves which covers the upper section fo the body. "Kurti" is a sleevless blous worn over the "kanchali", it covers the upper body from the neck to the waist. "Ghagra" is a pleated skirt like garment worn below the "kurti" which covers the body from the waist till the feet. And last of the lot is the "Odhani" is a long veil which is used to cover the head, face, and body, this adds world known elegance and grace to the "Rajputi Poshak".

Making of "Rajputi Poshak" begins with the selection of the right cloth, choosing the right fabric is the key for a breathtaking attire. Customarily, the dress is fabricated from pure chiffon, satin, crape, and georgette. The "Rajputi Poshak" is one of its own kind due to the intricate and gorgeous work like Gottapatti, Zardosi , Taara work, and Kundan.

Zardosi is used in “Rajputi Poshak” to give it a rich look and feel, Zardosi is the kind of embroidery which involves the use of gold and Rajputi Poshak silver threads to make elaborate patterns and designs on this beautiful ethnic wear.

Gotta Patti Poshak has its origin in Rajasthan and has also been copyrighted by the state of Rajasthan. Back in the days of Kings and Queens the Gotta Patti dresses were decorated and designed by real gold and silver metals, but now, the use of precious metal has been replaced with small pieces of Zari ribbon that are applied on the dresses with “Kinari work” to create sophisticated and elegant designs.  

Kundan Poshak, The Kundan is an extraordinary form of art in this stones are added to highly refined gold and then it is put on the “Rajputi Poshak” which makes the clothing look elegantly alluring.

Rajputi Poshak can transform a piece of cloth into a magnificent piece of artistry, all the hard work that is done behind the scenes is done to keep the history of Rajputana alive to be cherished by the generations to come , so here Aachho brings the royal and exclusive collection of beautiful Rajputi Poshak at affordable prices only for you to be one of a kind classy.