Garment accessories Report

Pakistan has a sophisticated garment accessories' industry in its own right--basics to intricate.

Pakistan can do:

Buttons--Chalk, Horn and pearl buttons

Zips--Nylon, Vislon, and metal.

Hangtags--all types available, on local and imported paper qualities

Hangers

Labels--satin, woven

Twill tapes--basic to intricate/fashion

Velcro tapes, Elastic

Embroidery

Patches/labels

Embroidery--traditional hand-embroidery :Dabka, tila, Morari, Salma Sitara, Mukesh…

Traditional ribbon/edging--(Gota, Kinnari)

Embroidery-- state of the art industrial embroidery units: 9-12 colors--usually 20 head machines.

Packing material

Poly bags--P.P and P.E qualities

Carton--5 ply to 7 ply carton boxes.

Tissue paper--plain, and printed

Traditional craftsmanship

Fashion trends keep changing, however, Pakistan's rich traditional craftsman ship never does.  Pakistan has a rich history and culture.  Embroidery and embellishment play an important role in the local outfits of Pakistan  - be that day wear, evening wear or bridal wear. The most commonly used adornments for evening wear and bridal wear are:

Zardozi

It's the most common form of embellishment, which is gold thread embroidery with coiled metal springs (Dabka), mirrors, precious and semi precious stones. Zardozi achieved perfection under the patronage of the Mughal emperors.

Gota

Other forms of surface ornamentation include the gota embroidery in which a metallic ribbon (gota) is folded into leaves and flowers for decoration.

Beadwork

Beadwork was once combined with zardozi embroidery but now it has an identity of its own and is usually combined with exquisite salma (sequins) or sitara.

Badla

Flat gold or silver wire. It is very much in fashion these days as the glitter is the in thing. Badla is also called mukaish or kamdani.

Marrori

It's a technique in which twisted tilla is sewn with thread around a continuous pattern.

Dabka

Salma Sitara

Hand Embroidery

Beads, traditional embroidery

Zardozi

Mukaish