Hello ladies.
I've been reading gup shup for a while now and have found lots of good ideas thanks to you ladies. My brother is getting married in Dec inshalah and I've been selected to do the wedding shopping in Pakistan!!! Hurray
Anyway, the problem is..... I asked a cousin in Faisalabad to send a suit for the engagement in baby pink jamavar silk with silver or pale gold embroidery. Seeing as i haven't been back to mothership in 9 yrs and im out of touch with prices.
So this cousin of mine tells me she has bought some jamavar silk and has sent it for embroidery but wait... she chose cerise pink, and has had some wierd umbrella frock (im assuming its a pishwas style) i told her her no way jose, it must be a pale pink and a shalwar kameez please, emphasis on delicate and elegant. So she quotes me Rs8000 for the cerise pink outfit (stitching etc) and Rs 6000 for the pale pink one. now im going to upload pics of the outfits. They have arrived.
I hate HATE them. But mum says that i shouldn't judge as i don't know the prices as everything is pricey there.
Im wondering if this is the average price for a crap outfit like this what on earth is the point of me going there??? May i stress i don't want to bother with designers, im just talking about average anarkali type shops, who do great stuff( well they did back in my time)
So ladies, have we been ripped off or is this the norm?
The cerise pink isn't jamavar silk, in fact it doesnt look like or feel like silk, maybe some inferior mix, and it wasn't stitched properly, no overlocking or anything. so does it still justify the price? as my mumani says jamavar silk starts from around 600rs a yard...