Chikan Kari The Art Of Lucknow

The Chikan work is a form of Hand Embroidery. This art is solely restricted to the City Of Nawabs known as Lucknow.
 
LUCKNOW, India - May 22, 2013 - PRLog -- The Chikan work is a form of Hand Embroidery. This art is solely restricted to the City Of Nawabs known as Lucknow. The work is unique in itself.  The work done is purely Indian and traditional in its outlook. It is done by both men and women and serves to be there only source of livelihood. The Lucknow chikan work is done mainly in old lucknow. It is done with great effort and is clean in its form. The finesse of the work draws much attention towards itself.  Popularity of the work is not only restricted to lucknow or the Indian subcontinent but even abroad. The work has a varied range when it comes to its prices.

The Chikankari embroidery done is delicate in nature. This form of art has drawn several eyes towards it. This form of embroidery caters to the taste of all. It is indeed a perfect example of the different form of embroidery and brings praises and laurels for the efficient Chikan Kari workers.  

Lucknow Chikan

Chikan Work For Women

The chikan work is limited not only suits today but is also done on sarees, handbags, only duppats, shervani’s for women, salwars also the latest trend of kurtis that is in fashion among the young girls, like the Kashmiri embroidered bed sheets now they are available in Chikan work as well. This art form has widely spread its arms today. The main attraction in lucknow is its chikan work. The work is also no more restricted to specific cloth materials as well as styles. Among all the materials cotton is the most opted for apart from those materials like chiffon, crape, semi crape, net and also georgette are also utilized.

Chikan Work For Men

The art has become so innovative in its outcome that now sustains in the male dominated fashion industry as well. They produce a wide range of Kurtas, Shervani’s and now most recently the trend of cotton shirts have started. They are much in demand due to their soothing nature.

Chikan Work For Kids

As the kids of today are fashion conscious Chikan work is another genre that is added to there list. There are tops for small girls, kurtas for small boys, skirts, night suits and also dresses for small girls.

Customizing Chikan Work

More elegance is added to work when it is customized. When pearls, cut dana and sequence are added the work becomes more expensive and also heavy in nature. The demand for chikan work increases greatly in summers because it is soft and soothing in nature. There are many exhibitions that are put across cities like Delhi, Bombay, Banglore, Kolkatta and many more big cities. It is mainly because of love for the work. When the chikan work is teamed up with zardozi and other fabrics brocade then the work indeed become heavy and is used for functions like marriages and other special occasion.

The work is elegant in nature that the ones wearing it indeed look graceful once they wear it. The work was previously done with white threads but now as the time advanced the work in done with multi- colored threads also. Chikankari work is available in the most diverse range of colors that are mostly vibrant in nature. The work indeed is creative in its form.

Chikan Kurti Online

Due to the advancement of technology now the people addicted to wearing chikan work have the ease of purchasing the products online. There is enlarged range of work that is displayed. Therefore the prices vary depending upon the nature of the product.  All the designs that are available both for men and women are both ethnic and trendy in nature.

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