Designed in Sydney. Made by the hands that have always made it.

I’ve been a designer for over twenty years. I spent most of them dressing other people’s daughters — at their weddings, their first sangeets, the moments they would remember for the rest of their lives. And then one day my own daughter outgrew the lehenga I had stitched for her sixth birthday, and I realised what I wanted to make next.

Aratrikkaz is a luxury Indian and Indo-western atelier for women across Australia and the world. We design every piece in-house and stitch each one to your measurements — drawing on weavers across India whose names I’ve learned over two decades of working with them: in Banaras, in Lucknow, in Kanchipuram, in Kutch. Every saree we send out carries the name of the cluster where it was woven. Every blouse is cut for you, not for a standard size chart.

You don’t need to be Indian to wear what we make. You only need to be invited to a wedding, drawn to a festival, or moved by craft that takes a hundred human hands to finish. If this is your tradition, welcome home. If you’re new to it, also welcome — we’ll help you choose.

Aratrikkaz means for Aratrikka. It also means for every daughter, ours and yours.