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The Gilded Seam: Custom Women’s Stitching

Melbourne · Australia

Made-to-measure clothing delivered to Melbourne

Melbourne is known for weather that changes its mind, sometimes more than once before lunch, which makes fabric and layering matter here more than in most Australian cities. We make women’s clothing to your measurements in Pakistan and courier it to your Melbourne address, so you can plan outfits around the city’s moods without searching the suburbs for a tailor.

  • Made in Pakistan
  • Minimum order: one suit
  • Quote currency agreed with you
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Local notes

Ordering from Melbourne

Sizes, customs rules and sending fabric from Australia: ordering from Australia.

Four seasons in a day

A hot northerly in the morning and a cool change by evening is an ordinary Melbourne summer day. A cambric or linen kameez with three-quarter sleeves handles that swing better than lawn, and a dupatta doubles as a wrap on the tram home. From June to August the city is cool, grey and damp, so ask for khaddar or karandi with a lining; a band-collar co-ord in khaddar with wide-leg trousers suits weather like that.

For work, a knee-length kurta with straight trousers sits neatly under a coat. Students at the University of Melbourne, Monash or RMIT usually want a shorter kurta for jeans, which we cut to suit your height.

Fabric from Dandenong or your suitcase

The Little India precinct on Foster Street in Dandenong is one place Melbourne shoppers find suits and fabric, and many wardrobes here also hold packs brought back from Karachi or Lahore. Before you post one, send daylight photos and any lengths you know through the quote form. We tell you whether it suits your design and is enough, and agree the sending arrangements. After that you book the courier, describe the parcel accurately on the customs paperwork and keep the tracking details.

Rather post nothing at all? With Fabric + Stitching we supply the agreed fabric, and you receive one parcel.

Two ways to order

Our fabric, or yours

Both are made to your measurements in Pakistan. The minimum order is one suit, and we don’t offer free samples.

  • Fabric + Stitching

    We supply the agreed fabric and make your outfit to your measurements. One parcel: the finished outfit shipped to you.

    • Fabric agreed with you before cutting
    • Minimum order one suit
    • No need to send anything
  • Stitching Only

    You supply suitable fabric, such as an unstitched suit, and we cut, stitch and finish it.

    • Two shipping stages: your fabric to us in Pakistan, then the outfit to you
    • Confirm suitability and quantity before sending
    • Minimum order one suit
Can you line a kameez for a Melbourne winter?

Yes. Lining is one of the choices on the quote form. A lining makes a kameez warmer and less sheer, and it is agreed with the rest of the design before cutting.

Do you have a studio in Melbourne?

No. There is nothing of ours to visit in Melbourne. Your design and measurements are settled in writing, and the outfit is stitched in Pakistan and couriered to you.

Softly wrinkled white cotton fabric in natural light

Ready when you are

Made to measure, delivered to Melbourne

Tell us the garment, the service option and your city, and add a photo if you have one. We reply with a written quote in a currency agreed with you, including delivery and import charges.

No commitment until you approve your written quote.