Fashion stores North India

Kapila is extremely gentle and does a very good job. Epilation, hair cuts, henna… Exclusively reserved for women.

Indian Clothing (sari, kurta…)

Other store: Shop No. 15, Nehru Bazaar. Tel: (0141) 231 83.

A good tailor in Paharganj who can do whatever you want: from traditional suit to exact replica of your garment.

On Connaught Place, wide choice of woven cotton garments traditionally woven: kurta-pajamas (large shirt and trousers) but also more modern cuts or fabrics sold per metre.

As its name suggests, this store specializes in khadi, a traditionally woven cotton with a mottled look. You will find kurtas, skirts, pants, Nehru jackets, silk saris. Knowing what appeals to tourists and with its reputation for reliability, the store has diversified and offers many other products such as honey, oils, bronze statuettes, handicrafts and food. You are halfway between the local grocery store, the souvenir store and the clothing store.

A good plan for the amateurs of brands with reduced budget: GAP shirts, Benetton sweaters..., you will find many clothes at small prices. But of course you have to stroll around, rummage around and have some time to spare to find the top of your dreams. This market looks like a big flea market and the atmosphere is very friendly. Do not hesitate to negotiate. Behind the sellers, there is a market with stores where the prices are not negotiable. Many Indian textile brands and shoe stores of the moment.

The Mehrotra silk factory certainly offers some of the best silk in Varanasi, with fixed prices and unquestionable quality. During our visit, we came across an Indian living in France, who places large orders to supply the chic stores on the Mediterranean coast. This store is hidden away in Varanasi's Lalghat district. For the rest, emporiums are still the best addresses: their prices are fixed. Elsewhere, don't hesitate to haggle.

Little known to tourists, this is the ideal spot to get your clothes made. For sixty years, tailors and their trusty sewing machines have been operating out of small stores. The reputation of the place is due as much to their know-how as to the high quality of the materials used. And the prices are just right. We particularly recommend the Roy Exclusive boutique. Here, you'll also find fabric, bras and skirts to wear under a sari at very reasonable prices. A very good plan to know and to share.

Rajesh opened his store in 2015 to showcase some very beautiful and carefully selected fabrics and sarees. You will find in particular the very beautiful silk saris from Chanderi or the cotton ones from Maheshwar, hand printed cotton fabrics sold by the meter or kurta-pajama-dupatta which will be tailored to your needs. For gentlemen, a wide range of cottons, linens or wools can be cut into shirts, jackets or pants.

The good works of the maharaja here take the form of an NGO whose profits help finance the Ahilya school which educates the children of the weavers of Maheshwar. You will be able to see the craftsmen weaving the famous Maheshwari saris on hand looms. It is impossible not to fall in love with a scarf, a dupata (the large scarf that Indian women wear with the kurti) or a colorful sari. Some fabrics are hand printed in a nearby village. Very high quality products, perfect for a gift or a souvenir.

A beautiful boutique of silk saris manufactured according to the ancestral method of Varanasi. More modern saris. Do not hesitate to negotiate, especially if you buy several. Ask to see Raju Ojha, the maintainer. He will advise you best and will make the best prices.