Kaftans made of Kerala cottons
The Hindu
Meenakshi Sajeev from Thiruvananthapuram is designing kaftans for Onam, which are sold through her friends’ Instagram pop-up store
Kaftan is a garment for all seasons. It became the garment of the lockdown with celebrities flaunting it and as beachwear. Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor Khan made it her favourite attire during her second pregnancy and had a #kaftanseries on her social media handle. Besides a silk kaftan, she glowed in the cotton ones with bold prints and floral motifs and an embroidered kaftan kurta. Among those were kaftans designed by Masaba Gupta and Anita Dongre. The comfy, easy-breezy outfit is now being sold by boutiques and designers in Kerala too. Thiruvananthapuram-based writer and communication strategist Meenakshi Sajeev has given it a festive touch for Onam by designing kaftans using the traditional Kerala handloom with the kasavu (zari) and kara. They are available on the Instagram pop-up store, Purple Bean Store (@purple.bean.store) run by her friends, Ambica Nair and Nidhi Harikrishnan.
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