Pushkar Stripes Frill Makeup Bag

The Pushkar fair comes once a year and it does not wait for you.
For five days every November, the desert town of Pushkar fills with camels, traders, pilgrims and colour. Textiles arrive from every corner of Rajasthan, lengths of cloth stacked on carts, draped over walls, spread across the sand in the early morning light. It was here, between a spice seller and a fabric merchant, that this combination of colours first appeared. Orange and pink, bold stripes, the kind of pairing that should not work and absolutely does.
The fabric was taken to Sanganer, where the printers translated the colourway into block print. A stripe pattern is deceptively demanding. There are no motifs to distract the eye, no flowers or vines to draw attention away from the repeat. Every line must be straight, every stripe the same width, every pass of the block consistent with the last. The slight softness at the edges of each stripe, where the dye meets the undyed cotton, is the only place the hand shows itself.
The same fabric is gathered into a full frill that runs all the way around the bag, the stripes breaking into movement as the cloth is pleated. A gold zip runs across the top, finished with a self-fabric tassel pull and our small metal tiger.
Found at a fair. Made in a workshop. Finished by hand.

Every Pushkar Stripes bag is printed and stitched by hand, so no two are quite the same. The stripe pattern is particularly honest about natural variation. You may notice a line that sits a fraction wider than its neighbour, or an edge where the dye softened slightly as the block lifted. The frill is gathered by hand, so its fullness will shift slightly around the perimeter. This is block print at its most direct, and the hand behind it is visible in every stripe.

• Wipe clean with a damp cloth for daily care
• Machine-wash on a gentle cycle in cool water
• Wash separately the first time, colours may release slightly
• Air-dry away from direct sunlight
• Steam or iron on a low heat if needed

UK delivery

• Standard delivery — £5.95, free over £60. Royal Mail tracked, 3–5 working days.
• Express delivery — £7.95. Royal Mail tracked, 1–2 working days.
• Order before 2pm Monday–Friday for same-day dispatch. Orders placed after 2pm, or over the weekend, dispatch the next working day.

International delivery

We ship worldwide. Rates and timeframes calculated at checkout based on your destination. Customs duties and import taxes are not included and are the customer's responsibility.

Returns

You have 14 days from receiving your order to return it. Items must be unused, in their original condition and packaging.

For change-of-mind returns, we email you a Royal Mail returns link — no printer needed, no postage to pay upfront. The cost of return postage is deducted from your refund.

For faulty, damaged or incorrect items, we cover return postage in full and refund your original delivery charge. Sale items are final.

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Every piece in our collection is sourced directly from artisan workshops we know by name. We pay fairly, we visit often, and we believe the people who make a thing should be valued as much as the thing itself. We use natural dyes wherever possible, plastic-free packaging in every order, and we donate a share of every sale back into the craft communities we work with.

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