fabric and tailors

suebob · Oct 9th, 2003, 00:43

Hey India-Mikers,

Thanks for all the great advice. One more question before I depart:

I'd like to buy a bunch of upholstery fabric as well as silk and other fabrics for home furnishings. Any Dehli shops/markets you'd recommend? Or should I shop someplace else in N. India (Varanasi, Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar, Darjeeling) ?

I'd also like to have some clothes made, anyplace that's good and can turn clothing around in a couple days? Same locations as above.

Thanks, again, so much!
Sue

Lily · Oct 9th, 2003, 01:10

For silk, Varanasi is well known
For cotton fabric and tailoring, I would suggest you try Jaipur.

wonderwomanusa · Oct 9th, 2003, 05:22

I got some overnight tailoring done in Jodhpur; very inexpensive.

It was just a long shirt and baggy bottoms -- not exactly salwar kameez but similar idea -- I'd found some very nice tie-dyed fabric and the shopowner sent me to a tailor across the way.

Oct 9th, 2003, 00:43	#1
suebob Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: boston mass Posts: 2	fabric and tailors Hey India-Mikers, Thanks for all the great advice. One more question before I depart: I'd like to buy a bunch of upholstery fabric as well as silk and other fabrics for home furnishings. Any Dehli shops/markets you'd recommend? Or should I shop someplace else in N. India (Varanasi, Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar, Darjeeling) ? I'd also like to have some clothes made, anyplace that's good and can turn clothing around in a couple days? Same locations as above. Thanks, again, so much! Sue

Oct 9th, 2003, 01:10	#2
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Jaipur, India Posts: 342	For silk, Varanasi is well known For cotton fabric and tailoring, I would suggest you try Jaipur. __________________ Lily

Oct 9th, 2003, 05:22	#3
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,261	I got some overnight tailoring done in Jodhpur; very inexpensive. It was just a long shirt and baggy bottoms -- not exactly salwar kameez but similar idea -- I'd found some very nice tie-dyed fabric and the shopowner sent me to a tailor across the way. __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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