A shoal of small fish swims all over the cream top, in green, black and peach.

Why this piece

A motif you will not see on the next rack - fish, printed small and dense, instead of the usual floral.
Genuinely hand block printed with hand-carved wooden blocks, never screen or machine printed.
Opaque - a pale cream that still needs no lining.

The fish print

The top runs the fish edge to edge; the dupatta places just a few of them, sparsely, so the two pieces sit at completely different tempos. A horizontal zigzag border closes the hem of the top and the edge of the dupatta.

White and cream carry the ground, with green, black and peach doing all the work - which is why this set reads light and summery rather than formal.

Wearing and caring

Katan silk gives the cream a soft lustre and a graceful drape, and the full set weighs 600 to 650 g. It stitches to 4XL, and the length can be customised.

This is the easiest daily and office piece in the collection: a straight kurta, flat sandals, small silver studs. Save the sparse dupatta for the days you want the fish noticed rather than assumed.

What the set includes

Top: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide
Bottom: 2.5 metres, 44 to 45 inches wide
Dupatta: 2.5 metres, 35 to 36 inches wide
Weight: 600 to 650 g for all three pieces together
Stitching: straight kurta set up to 4XL, length customisable
Lining: not required, the fabric is opaque; add one only to elevate the look
Care: dry clean the first wash, then a gentle cold hand wash
Dispatch: printed by hand, yet dispatched the next working day
Collection: Chaupal

Each little fish is a separate impression, so the shoal is never twice the same.

Cream and Green Fish Print Katan Silk Suit | Chaupal