Once the grandeur of royal courts, Zardozi embroidery originated in Mughal India, layering gold and silver threads into sumptuous silks and velvets. Each motif is formed slowly, stitch by stitch, catching the light like quiet fire. In Shriya’s world, Zardozi is a statement that is placed with precision, lending gravitas to a neckline or echoing along the curve of a seam. Cutdana is embroidery in miniature with beads so fine they could be mistaken for drops of morning dew. Worked by hand into intricate patterns, their shimmer comes not from uniformity, but from the way each bead catches light at a slightly different angle.

For Shriya, Cutdana offers quiet movement as a detail one discovers not at first glance, but as the garment moves. Originating in the Nawabi culture of Lucknow, Mukaish embroidery scatters metallic threads into fabric, twisting them into tiny dots that gleam subtly against their ground. Historically worked into airy muslins, it was prized for its restraint like a constellation glimpsed rather than displayed. On silk, Mukaish retains its poetry - a shimmer that appears only when light and movement align.

Silk is the foundation of every piece in ‘Versed In Her’. With gentle slubs and delicate irregularities marking the path of its making, is evidence of the human hands and natural origins behind it. Some of our silks carry a subtle sheen that shifts with the light, others a fine transparency that feels like air against the skin. Some are dense and grounding, others wild and textured, each with a movement entirely their own. These variations are not flaws, but signatures reminding us that beauty lies in the imperfect, and that every thread carries its own story; like the woman we hope to dress in Shriya.