Agni

A floor-length dress cut in deep red satin, fitted close through the body and released into a fishtail at the knee. The bodice sits square across the bust — lightly padded, held on fine noodle straps — and is seamed at the waist ere the skirt begins its descent. The line narrows over the hip and hem before the cloth breaks into a flared tail, cut longer at the back so it trails ere it settles. A concealed side zip keeps the seam uninterrupted.

Worn over it, a cropped cap blouse in silk brocade, its silver lotus vine woven into a red ground. The neckline is built from individual brocade petals, each cut and layered by hand to form a lotus at either shoulder, opening across the chest and repeating around the back. Sleeves are short and softly gathered, the back plain and clean.