Jootis with Hand-Embroidered Paisley
Gentle hand-wash separately in cold water with a mild detergent. Avoid soaking. Iron on medium heat while slightly damp.
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Behind this piece
The jooti is Rajasthan's oldest gift to the foot, traced back to the royal ateliers of Jaipur and Jodhpur where cobblers and embroiderers worked in rare proximity. Paisley, that teardrop flame borrowed from Kashmiri shawl grammar, found its way onto leather through the hands of communities practicing the mochi embroidery tradition, a craft where the awl doubles as needle. Each motif follows a counted rhythm, not a printed template. These jootis in green and blue and purple and red carry that rhythm forward, stitched entirely to order, entirely by hand.
How to style
For a daytime shaadi function, pair the green and blue jootis with an ivory chanderi kurta and a tissue silk dupatta in peacock tones. Let the footwear carry the colour. For a mehendi or haldi, the purple and red pair reads beautifully against a turmeric yellow lehenga or a raw silk gharara. Complete either look with oxidised silver toe rings worn over sheer silk socks in winter. For diaspora dressing abroad, both colourways ground a plain linen kurta and tailored palazzo at cultural evenings, effortlessly and without costume.
Fabric & care
Pure leather breathes and responds to environment. Wipe the surface after every wear with a barely damp cotton cloth, then allow full air-drying away from direct sunlight or heat sources, which cause cracking. Condition the leather every few months with a colourless leather balm to preserve suppleness. Store each jooti stuffed lightly with acid-free tissue inside a cloth bag, never plastic. Keep pairs separated to prevent dye transfer between the green-blue and purple-red colourways. Stored with care, good leather only deepens in character across years of thoughtful wear.
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