Hand-embellished, never printed
Every motif is worked by hand, not printed onto cloth. Naqshi, zardozi, mukaish and resham are set stitch by stitch by embellishers whose craft has passed through generations of the same workshops.
The house of Samina Rasul
The art of
The art of
hand-worked couture.
We do not simply make clothes. We keep a hand craft alive - zardozi, mukaish, resham, gota - and work it into pieces cut for one woman, and one occasion.
The hand.
The heart.
Cloth chosen first
An heirloom is only as good as the cloth it is cut from. Pure sheesha silk, Korean raw silk, tissue organza and chiffon - chosen for how they fall and hold light, which is the part a photograph never quite shows.
Made for one
Nothing here exists before it is ordered. Each piece is cut to your measurements and finished over seven to twelve weeks in the atelier. That patience is the point - it is the difference between a dress and a piece you keep.
Bound by three principles.
Craftsmanship
A stubborn attention to the stitch nobody will see, on the inside of a seam nobody will open.
Material honesty
The fabric is named on every piece, because what a garment is made of is not a detail to be discovered later.
A personal fitting
Colour, fabric and size are yours to decide. Bridal pieces are designed in conversation, from first sketch to final fitting.
A piece from this house is never only a dress. It carries the hands that worked it, and the belief that a woman should feel entirely herself on the days that matter most.
