Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress

2010 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Aneeth Arora and her fashion label Péro has a reputation for using hand-loom fabrics and for utilising the hand-making skills of artisans. She draws her inspiration from traditional Indian textile techniques and experiments with fine tie-dye, ikat, jamdani weaving and more. Her garments are characterised by their loosely structures and her incredible attention to detail on button holes, seams, cuffs, necklines and edgings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Jamdani fabric with machine embrodiery and handstitiched details
Brief description
Black and white dress, jamdani fabric with machine embroidery and handstitched details, designed by Aneeth Arora for Pero, India, 2010
Physical description
The dress is white with black details. It is cut like an angrakha, a fully skirted tunic but without sleeves. It has smocked-style bodice and gathered skirt and there is a single-button fastening similar to those found on traditional angrakha. The smocked-style top consists of machine embroidery in red with hand stitched details along the arm holes, neck and fastening. The entire garment is made from handwoven jamdani fabric and the gathered skirt extends from the smocking ending in a border lined with black.
Dimensions
  • Length: 100cm
Credit line
Acquired from Pero
Summary
Aneeth Arora and her fashion label Péro has a reputation for using hand-loom fabrics and for utilising the hand-making skills of artisans. She draws her inspiration from traditional Indian textile techniques and experiments with fine tie-dye, ikat, jamdani weaving and more. Her garments are characterised by their loosely structures and her incredible attention to detail on button holes, seams, cuffs, necklines and edgings.
Collection
Accession number
IS.8-2014

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Record createdOctober 3, 2013
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