Phulkari Dupatta With Plain Suits Look For A Festive Outfit

People might think of October in a way that Fall is here and you start feeling the season changing and your clothes changing. However in India October marked the beginning of the festive season. It all began with Navratri and Dussehra and now we come to around the middle of the month where Diwali parties are in full swing and before you know it, it will be Diwali! This is my favourite time of the year since many of you know if you follow my blog, I was not born or raised in India meaning a good 20 something years away from all these festivals. Not having lived here though means that I don’t own a lot of Indian clothes, which is always a big problem for me. Over the years I have lived here I have bought some Indian wear and this month I took them all out along with some of my moms clothes and started to explore. I immediately fell in love with two of her phulkari dupattas that were absolutely stunning. One of them had a yellow base and it was not in a set, which meant I had to create one from what I had. This phulkari dupatta with plain suits is what made sense to me the most as the dupatta is full of work all over and to highlight it a plain suit below it was the best option.

Phulkari is one of my favourite types of embroidery, which is an embroidery technique from the Punjab region and literally means ‘Flower Work’. The embroidery is done in silk threads with bright colors to form a geometrical pattern. When I was in college, I had explored this embroidery technique in depth by learning how to do it, from making embroidery swatches to a full garment that had Phulkari embroidery on it. You can see why my mom’s dupatta grabbed my attention!

As the dupatta had a yellow base and embroidery in colours such as blue and pink, I paired it with a plain yellow kurta from Westside and a pink churidar. It is definitely a very bright colour combination, but why not when it is a time for Indian festivals, you should always celebrate with colours. Pink was a nice colour to use to finish my look, pink lips, pink bindi, pink necklace and a pink potli bag from Global Desi.

Phulkari Dupatta With Plain Suits Look For A Festive Outfit

This outfit is a very comfortable one and is perfect for any card parties and pujas I need to attend, also it’s always nice to add a little color in the room. 🙂 Check out how I mixed and matched pieces together to get this phulkari dupatta with plain suits look.

Enjoy the rest of this festive season and a very Happy Diwali to you all !

What I wore:

Yellow Kurta: Westside 

Phulkari Dupatta: Mom bought from Amritsar

Pink Potli Bag: Global Desi 

Earrings: Somewhere from Jaipur