The word “zardosi” is a persian word which means “zar” means gold and “dosi” means embroidery. Ari work or zardosi work is a persian art which was introduced during the medieval times before the mughal reignit reached its zeinth durin the reign of emperor Akbar in the 17 th century . Read more »
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Kantha work is basically a running stitch done by hand inside a design and its final appearance looks very beautiful .It is the most popular form of embroidry practised by the rural women of india.A single shade of thread or different shades of thread can be used according to the taste of the person. Read more »
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White work is basically done only with one color which is matching to the base fabric. White work is done by using a white thread on a white fabric. It is not that hard as it looks to be and is one of the most inexpensive ways to embroider a fabric.
If you are a beginner to whitework you can start of with the white muslin cloth, which is an inexpensive fabric to work on. But if you are good at whitework you can use fabrics like linen. the other fabrics that you can work on are bastite, organdy, lawn or anything that is white.
Natural fabrics are always easier to work on compared to synthetic fabrics or a blended fabric.
To start with you will need a hoop, a needle and a white thread (the thread could be a 6 strand embroidery thread or a silk one.
Then you can trace the design onto your fabric and the typical stitches used are backstitch, stem stitch, buttonhole stitch and overcast. The design could be from a very intricate one to a very simple one.
Types of white work:
• Mountmellic embroidery is a type of work done in much heavier threads on denim type cotton fabric, originating in Ireland, and used primarily for home furnishings. There was no open work, just heavier designs and sometimes, more complex stitches displaying a beauty all their own.
• Candlewicking embroidery is done by using white heavy cotton threads used for making candle wicks on white cotton fabrics. The stitches mostly used were knots and stem stitch. Many more stitches were added like buttonhole, satin fishbone etc.
Embroidered fabric was washed in hot water to promote shrinking which intensified the shadow look.
White work from India is known as chikankari.
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Fashion Designer Tommy Hilfiger or Thomas Jacob Hilfiger was born on March 24 1951 in New York and he grew up in an Irish Catholic family.
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Domenico Dolce was born on september 13 1958 in Polizzi Generosa which is a small village in Sicily and Stefano Gabbana was born on November 14 1962 in Venice Italy. Dolce completed his fashion designing course in Sicily itself and joined his family business, which was a small clothing factory. Whereas Gabbana was a graphic designer, with no education in the field of fashion.
Dolce and Gabbana
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The most internationally famous fashion designer that we have is Donatella Versace. She was born in the year 1955 in Italy. She completed her graduation from Florence University, and later became associated with her brother Gianni and brought the Versace label to new heights. Donatella Versace started designing accessories first and then later on went to design children’s wear in the year 1993 known as Versace young
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The Leg o Mutton sleeve also known as “Gigot” in French. This sleeve is gathered at the top and is much wider and is tapered at the cuff and it resembles the leg of mutton.
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A Bishop sleeve is fuller at the bottom and rounded into a cuff and is narrower at the top or fitted at the top. It is a full sleeve which is set into a normal arm hole and gathered on a band.
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Cap sleeve is a very short sleeve it hangs over the edge of the shoulder and doesn’t extend on the underside of the arm. This sleeve style is found on short sleeve shirts and other dresses.
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Bell sleeve is narrow at the arm hole and wide and uncuffed at the wrist. The Bell sleeves flares at the lower edge like a bell and it fits into the normal armhole without any gathering or pleating.
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