Aari work in Kuzhithurai
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Bridal and function blouse work for Kuzhithurai and the towns along the highway.
Ask about your designWork is done by hand in Nagercoil and finished pieces are returned to customers in Kuzhithurai. Send a photograph of the design on WhatsApp and you will get a straight answer on what it takes and what it costs.
Kuzhithurai is close enough to the Kerala border that customers from there have usually seen Kerala-style work as well as Tamil Nadu's, and often want something in between.
Kasavu and gold work
A request that comes up often from this side of the district is hand work on an off-white and gold saree or set-mundu - keeping it restrained, keeping it gold, and not burying the kasavu under stones. It is a harder brief than a heavily worked bridal blouse, because everything shows and there is no crowding to hide behind.
It is also some of the nicest work to do, and it lasts. A well-worked gold border on a plain fabric does not go out of fashion the way a stone pattern does.
Bridal work
Full bridal blouses come from Kuzhithurai too, both church and temple. The same two to three weeks apply, and the same advice: book before the season rather than during it.
Ordering from Kuzhithurai
Send a photograph of the design and of the material, if you already have it. Fabric decides more than most people expect - the same design on tissue and on raw silk are two different jobs with two different prices.
How an order works
Nothing here needs a shop visit to begin. Most orders start and finish on WhatsApp.
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Send the design
A photograph on WhatsApp is enough - something you have seen, saved from Instagram, or drawn. Tell us the date you need it by.
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Get a straight answer
What it will take, what it will cost, and whether it can be done in the time you have. If it cannot, you will be told that rather than strung along.
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Measurements or a blouse that fits
Come and be measured, or send an old blouse that fits you well. Bring your own material - most customers do, and it costs less.
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The work itself
The design is traced, the fabric stretched on a frame, and every bead, stone and length of zari worked in by hand. Two to three weeks for bridal work.
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Collected or delivered
Ready to collect in Nagercoil, or sent to you anywhere in Kanyakumari district.
Questions about Kuzhithurai
- Can you work on a kasavu saree without burying the gold?
- Yes, and it is a harder brief than a heavily worked bridal blouse. Restrained gold work on an off-white ground shows every stitch and has no crowding to hide behind. It is also some of the nicest work there is, and it does not go out of fashion the way a stone pattern does.
Send the design and get a straight answer
A photograph of what you have in mind and the date you need it by is enough to quote from.