Whether, it is 2,500 years old Indus Valley Civilization or the Sindh of 2022, this part of Eastern culture has always been into glory because of its exquisite traditional clothing and marvelous handicraft industry. The land of Sindhu has always been center of attention because of its landscape – the huge deserts, beautiful camels and people clad in charming dresses ranging from big Ajrak turbans of men to women`s exclusively adorned with mirror work kurtis.  Hence, from the heart of an oldest world civilization to your homes, Sindh Craft Store brings an exclusive and broad range of traditional Sindhi apparel and handicrafts.

Sindh Craft Store was initiated as an online venture in November, 2020 with the aim of reaching out to the customers with exclusive Sindhi fashion and culture at the comfort of their homes by being just a click away. Since its inception, it has been providing the facility of quality traditional clothing to hundreds of customers across Pakistan successfully. 

The products range at Sindh Craft Store includes:

1. Sindhi Traditional Handmade Embroidery dresses (Stitched and Unstitched)

The handmade embroidery presented at Sindh Craft Store is the work of hundreds of female artisans from around more than 12 villages of Sindh, Hala and Hyderabad. It includes the traditional kutcha tanka, Sindhi karhai, mirror work, beautiful patch work and exquisite applique. The apparel in this category ranges from Sindhi Handmade Gotti and Sheesha Embroidery Shawls to Cushion and tissue boxes covers and bed sets.

2. Block Printed and Printed Ajrak

Traditionally, Ajrak is the name of a block printed cloth with dark maroon and blue background, consisting of geometric mostly floral patterns with enclose non-printed  white spaces.  Ajrak is not just a fabric, it is the symbol of ancient Indus Civilization (2500 BC -1500) and modern day Sindh, Pakistan.  Therefore, is found most often in daily usage items from bed sheets to dupattas and as even gifts or souvenirs. Ajrak printing is a lengthy procedure that includes several steps of printing and washing the fabric many times with various natural dyes. The method of resist printing is used that allows selective absorption of a dye in the desired areas only and prevents absorption on the areas intended to be left uncolored. At Sindh craft store, the Ajrak apparel ranges from Sindhi Ajrak Dresses and Shawls, Waistcoats, Caps, File covers, Bed sets to Wall hangings having Ajrak patches as Borders. The Ajrak dresses include printed cotton Ajrak, Chiffon Ajrak and Block Printed Ajrak embellished with Gota Work.

3. Chunri

Chunri is one of the oldest dying crafts of subcontinent. Its history dates back to almost 5000 years which includes tying the fabric with thread so later on after dying different designs and styles may be created. It is one of the most loved fabrics in Pakistan, females love to adorn themselves in chunri dresses specially on Mehndi events. Preparing Chunri is also a tiresome job and it takes a lot of time and effort to prepare a fine Chunri cloth. However, we at Sindh Craft Store keeping our tradition of uniqueness alive have brought a beautiful Chunri unstitched and stitched collection with a little machine and hand embroidered added collection with fine tilla, thread and mirror work in dresses and Chadars variety. We also do offer a wide printed chunri dresses range.

4. Susi Fabric

The word Sussi or susi (Soosey, Sousae) is used for multicolored striped or checked cloth produced exclusively in Hala, a small city in Sindh, Pakistan. Sussi is a thin hand loom fabric made of cotton, silk, or a blend of the two, with colored warp stripes. It is an old craft too which is transferred from generation to generation in subcontinent.  Punjab region was known for its production and exports during the Mughal period. The fabric was exported to England, where sousaes were in great demand in the 18th century. Sussi is mostly made with red and blue, blue and white, or green and white stripes, but other patterns are also produced. The Susi fabric is famous for its shine, colorful texture and best quality. The Susi dresses don`t need any further embellishment to enhance its grace as its fineness and exquisite texture gives the wearer a royal look. 

5. Traditional Home Decor Items (Wooden and Blue Pottery (Kashigari) Items)

We at Sindh Craft Store offer our customers a variety of beautiful and traditional Sindhi and Pakistani culture items range as home decor. It includes the Blue Pottery (Kashigari) which again is exclusive to the city of Hala, Sindh. This culural heritage is also one of the oldest cultural heritage of Sindh. Kashigar is a Farsi word and Kashigari means to create blue coated floral work on a plain base. A special technique is applied to prepare the blue colour from a mixture of cobalt oxide and copper oxide. These materials have become very expensive, hence, artisans face a lot of difficulties to continue this cultural tradition. Moreover, we have wooden craved decoration items, an exclusive range of traditional wall hangings embellished with shells, motifs and Ajrak and cushion and tissue boxes covers.

It is the trust of its customers which has enabled the Sindh Craft Store to become a successful online Sindhi Clothing and Craft business in such a short time span. The aim of Sindh Craft Store is to provide quality services and promote Sindhi Traditional fashion at national as well as international level.  Therefore, just go and get some new items from our Homepage right now, so we may together help our Sindhi traditional styling and décor to reach every corner of the world.