Kota Doria Suit Material with Kota Doria Dupatta, You may be wondering what the term “Kota Doria” means. The word Kota is derived from the Rajasthani city of Kota, and Doria means thread. The square checked pattern on the materials is known as “khat,” and it is a distinguishing feature of Kota Doria dress fabrics. Our dress materials combine the two fabrics because cotton makes the fabric sturdy and silk gives it a lovely appearance. Genuine Kota Doria dress materials are difficult to come by online. Nonetheless, Benissimo guarantees that the various Kota Doria dress materials available on our online platform are 100% accurate and have been handcrafted exclusively for you. Many scholars, however, believe Kota did not originate from the location known as ‘Kota.’ Kota Doria was first founded in the city of Mysore. Masuria were the artisans who created the Kota Doria job. Rao Kishore Singh, a general during Shahjahan’s reign, took these Masurias to the town of Kota during the Mughal reign. This fabric could only be woven by professional artisans because the work was too delicate.
Kota Doria Dress Materials Trends
We have embroidered or zari job Kota Doria dress materials in a variety of colours that you can display on our website. Kota Doria is favoured as a fabric because of its lightness, which makes it very easy to wear and suitable for salwar kameez, lehengas, and sarees. In this age, comfort and beauty are the fashion statements. As a result, at benissimo, we have fully adapted to this with our diverse range of Kota Doria dress materials.
Kinds of Kota Doria Dress Materials
Basic Kota Doria: This is a type of Kota Doria which are made out of simple fabric and mainly weaved with plain golden threads. This was generally used traditionally.
Block Printing Kota Doria: With time, the traditional Kota Doria was improvised by block printing which completely gave it a very different look.
Zari Border Kota Doria: Further, with time, Kota Doria dress materials were decorated with a zari border which definitely added an elegance to it.
Embroidery Kota on Kota Silk: Another unique design where the traditional Kota work is engraved on Kota Silk clothes, making it elegant and beautiful.
Kota Doria Dress Materials Features
- The Kota Doria Dress materials are manufactured from wrap weft on handlooms, which is the reason for its attraction.
- Various types of threads like silver, golden zari, silk, and cotton are sourced from various famous places like Karnataka, Gujrat, and Tamil Nadu.
- As it has exceptional shine, it really looks gorgeous when you pair it up with a dupatta and salwar.
- It is really soft due to the use of pure silk; hence it is very comfortable to wear and relatively light.
How are the beautiful Kota Doria Dress Materials made?
Generally, Kota Doria work is done by small households, with each family member participating in the process. Some of the steps involved in making Kota Doria are
Winding: In this step, the yarn is transferred from the hanks to the bobbin for wrap and on pirn for the weft.
Warping: It is the process to obtain the length of wrap which have desired a number of threads to complete the width of the fabric.
Dyeing: Then, these yarns are dyed (or colored) accordingly with pre-dissolved dyes.
Sizing: It is done to impart strength to the yarn. Often locally a rice pastes and wild onion juice is used.
Drafting-Denting-Piecing: The cotton and silk threads are drafted through the cotton ranch and dented through steel reed to produce the ‘checks’ or ‘khat.’ Another method is often used as an alternative to this that is threads of the wrap are tied to the threads of the last leftover warp.
Weaving: Through the throw shuttle technique, it is done quite skillfully that a good checked pattern is produced.
Designing: These are firstly made on a graph paper, and then it is woven into the fabric.