Hand-Beaded Sitara Fitted Jacket | ASHAALIA Dresses Cut in mid weight crepe

Cut in mid weight crepe polyester and lined in viscose satin

Beading is intentionally set 12-13 centimetres (5 inches) above the hem edge - a considered construction decision that allows the hem to be taken up without compromising the stone placement

The model is wearing a size 8 AU (40IT

The Sitara Fitted Jacket draws from that tradition directly: each stone placement maps the surface as a constellation does the sky

Hand-Beaded Sitara Fitted Jacket | ASHAALIA Dresses Cut in mid weight crepeThe Sitara Fitted Jacket is executed in Karigari, a discipline encompassing Aari and Zardozi technique, hand beaded panel by panel in ASHAALIA's specialist atelier in the Bay of Bengal. Glass stones, faux pearls and seed beads are applied individually across the shoulder and neckline. The jacket is fully lined in breathable silk and is finished matching self covered embellished buttons at the cuffs. An internal left breast pocket is worked into the