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Aadu Bahar Peach Short Top

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Aadu Bahar is peach blossom season, worn as a soft cotton top with half sleeves and an open placket. Reeta hand embroidered the ghas patti leaves and phanda knots in Lucknow. Hip length with side slits, it splits its time between indigo denim and standing in as a saree blouse for festive fusion.

Cloth
cottonThe everyday ground. Wash safe at home, which is what makes it wearable every day.
Stitches
Ghas Patti · Phanda
Length
Hip length
Fit
Regular
Hem
Straight with side slits
Neckline
Round with open Placket
Sleeve length
Half
Cloth, as supplied
Soft cotton
Handwork
25 to 30 days
Embroidered by
Reeta, Lucknow
Net quantity
1 piece
Made in
India. Hand embroidered in Lucknow.
Packed by
Shwet Heritage LLP, Prabhat Chauraha, E-1/282, Sector I, Janki Vihar Colony, Jankipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226021, India
Consumer care
+91 90055 17090support@shwetheritage.inMonday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM IST
Availability

As this product is handmade, slight variations may occur, and a tolerance of ±1 inch in garment measurements when worn is acceptable

Also embroidered in

  • Craftmark is issued by the All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA) and certifies craft processes, not individual garments. Our licence covers Chikankari Embroidery. To verify, AIACA lists Shwet on its public member register for the craft process Chikankari Embroidery. Our license number, 278P060, and its term are on the certificate we publish.
  • Free delivery across India
  • 7-day exchange on unworn pieces
  • How this fits
  • Craft Care embroidery repair
  • Artisans paid ₹500 per kurta, against the trade’s ₹20–50

Embroidered by

Portrait of Reeta, Small Motifs Specialist at Shwet Heritage, Lucknow
Reeta

Shwet Heritage SHG network, Lucknow

The stitches

  • Ghas Patti (grass leaf)Blades of grass worked in mirrored V-strokes, leaf-work that fans across hems and vines.
  • Phanda (knot)Tight millet-seed knots placed one by one to build jasmine buds and flower centres.

How to wear it

  • Indigo denim and oxidised studs by day.
  • Under a flowy saree it plays festive blouse.

Size & fit

Measured garment chart

These are the measurements of the finished garment, laid flat, not body measurements. Compare them against a piece you already wear.

Units
Measured garment measurements in inches
SizeBustflat across the fullest part of the chest, doubledWaistflat at the narrowest point, doubledHipflat 8 inches below the waist, doubledShoulderseam to seam across the backLengthhigh point of the shoulder straight down to the hem
S3433.53714.2528
M3635.5391528.5
L3837.54115.529
XL4039.5431629.5
XXL4240.54516.530

Each piece is embroidered and finished by hand, so a measurement may vary by up to 1 inch. That variation is the signature of handwork, not a defect.

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Craftmark® certified

Certified by the All India Artisans & Craftworkers Welfare Association under Craftmark License 278P060.

Craftmark is issued by the All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA). It certifies craft processes, not individual garments. Our licence covers Chikankari Embroidery and runs to 13 February 2027. This piece was embroidered by Reeta in Lucknow.

Our artisans earn ₹500 per kurta for their embroidery, where middlemen typically pay ₹20–50. Read how certification works.

Care instructions

Gentle hand wash only, with mild detergent Do not bleach Dry in shade Iron inside out on low heat Store in a muslin bag

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A lucknow based artisan named Babita doing the hand embroidered chikankari

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A code towards your basket

₹300 comes off a basket of ₹2,000, and ₹500 off ₹5,000. Each piece is embroidered by hand in Lucknow, and this is what we can take off without asking the artisan to take less.