Costume Stitching

Shubhanu offers dance costumes for Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi and Mohiniattam. We offer stitched and readymade costumes.

Click on the dance style to find out more and make your choice of style & saree.

Delivery Time For Costumes

Our delivery time per costume is 45 working days from the date of receipt of payments, measurements, style and colour confirmation. Sometimes there are specific orders for example 50 - 60 costumes of same color combination for a dance school or sometimes for group performances, such orders take a longer time and can go up-to 90 working days.


Bharatanatyam

The commonly used styles in Bharatanatyam Costumes are the the Skirt (Saree) Style or the Pyjama Style. Dancers wear costumes made of silk sarees with gold zari embroidery designs. The pleats in these costumes opens beautifully when the dancer forms a particular posture especially arai mandi (half sitting) and muzhu mandi (full sitting).

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Kuchipudi

Having its origin in Andhra Pradesh, there is not much of a difference between Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam costumes. The centre pleats that comes in Bharatanatyam costumes are also used in Kuchipudi , the only difference is the Katcham that comes at the back of a Kuchipudi costume.

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Odissi

The dancer wears a stitched costume which has five pieces including the angrakha, blouse and pyjama. This costume is stitched out of a saree and generally has Orissa print on it which looks ethnic and beautiful. Odissi costumes are mainly two types – dhoti style and cross pleat style.

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Mohiniattam

The costume is mostly white or cream white in color stitched out of a saree. The border of the saree is in golden color or sometimes also have colorful border. In Mohiniattam, we need two sarees to stitch one costume.

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