Style yourself with Block Print Kurtas

Anything that has surpassed the clutches of time is the craze for block print kurtas. Kurtas, we all know is one of the most preferred outfits when it comes to festivities and traditional gatherings. Despite there being tough competition with contemporary outfits, the craze for kurtas has never dwindled. Rather, it would not be wrong to say that this outfit has emerged victorious. From elder generation to younger ones, from men to women and everyone has their preference for a kurta over any other outfit especially when it comes to festive gatherings. There is a famous saying, ‘old is gold’, which aptly describes a kurta.

Among the kurtas, it is the block print kurtas that take lead over any other designer kurtas. Their traditional printing methodology, designs, and patterns have never failed to impress.

If we speak about the history of kurtas, they have always been traditional wear in the Sub-continent areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. History books show us that poets, scholars, and other courtiers during the royal times were seen wearing kurtas. It is after a long time that this apparel became famous amongst women as well.

Similarly, block printing is an age-old technique. There is no specific period that is considered as the beginning of hand block printing. All we know is that this art form saw a boom during the Mughal era.

It is also pertinent to mention that in earlier times, kurtas were very simple and plain in style. It is only after industrialization that the reminiscing art of block printing got wedded with the kurta. And since that time, it has become the most sought-after outfit in the fashion line.

Hand Block printed kurtas look very beautiful, isn’t it? But a lot of labor goes into preparing them. The weaver has to carefully select the fabric for weaving a kurta. The craftsman has to diligently think of designs that would suit the fabric. Once the design is finalized, the crafter then carves his design on the teak blocks and fills them with mesmerizing and lively colors. He then very carefully imprints those teaks on the fabric since there is no chance of undoing a design once embossed on the fabric.