Black Vine Print Katan Silk Suit, Contrast Dupatta | Bagiya

A contrast dupatta sets off the black and white vine print of this set.

The vine is the detail to look at: leafy stems and open florals running edge to edge in white on black, at a medium scale that keeps the pattern legible once it is stitched. The dupatta breaks from it deliberately, working as a contrast piece with its own lower panel border, so the set has a top-and-bottom base and a third piece that does something different across the shoulder.

You will find that no two vines are stamped alike. Each is pressed by hand in Bhagalpur from a hand-carved wooden block, and the slight shifts where one impression meets the next are how you know the print was not screened or machined. That is the mark to look for, and it is the reason this cloth is worth more than an evenly printed imitation.

Details and care

• Unstitched three-piece set: top 2.5 m, bottom 2.5 m, dupatta 2.5 m


• Top and bottom 44 to 45 inches wide; dupatta 35 to 36 inches


• 600 to 650 g for the top, bottom and dupatta together


• Opaque fabric, so no lining is needed; a lining can be added to elevate the look


• Stitches up to 4XL for straight kurta sets, with length customisable


• Colour-fast: does not bleed on the first wash


• Care: dry clean the first wash, then a gentle cold hand wash


• Dispatched the next working day, even though every metre is printed by hand

Ask your tailor to place the seams between vine runs rather than through a motif, and the pattern stays continuous around the body.

A vine has to travel. The carver cuts the block so that a stem leaving one edge meets the stem entering the next, and the printer in Bhagalpur has to honour that join by hand, every time, down the whole length of cloth. Get it right and the pattern seems to grow across the fabric; get it slightly wrong and you have the small human break that collectors of block print actually look for. Both are in this set, which is precisely the point.

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Learn More

1. Is the dupatta matching or contrast?
It is a contrast dupatta. The top and bottom carry the black and white vine print, while the dupatta is a deliberate contrast piece with its own panel border along the lower edge.

2. The print is not perfectly even. Is that a defect?
No, it is the opposite. Slight variation between repeats and small shifts where two impressions meet are what hand block printing with carved wooden blocks produces. A perfectly uniform print would mean a screen or a machine.

3. Will the black bleed onto the white vine?
No. The fabric is colour-fast and does not bleed on the first wash. Dry clean it the first time, then wash gently in cold water.

4. What is included in the set?
An unstitched three-piece set: top 2.5 m and bottom 2.5 m at 44 to 45 inches wide, plus a contrast dupatta 2.5 m long and 35 to 36 inches wide.

5. Can it be stitched up to 4XL?
Yes. There is enough fabric for a straight kurta set up to 4XL, and the length can be customised. No lining is needed, as the fabric is opaque.

6. Can I exchange it if I do not love it?
Yes. An exchange is available if the shade or the quality disappoints.