Custom Pakistani Suits and Shalwar Kameez Delivered to the UK

Delivery to the UK and import charges

Your finished outfit is made in Pakistan and shipped to your UK address, so it arrives as an import. GOV.UK explains that VAT is charged on goods sent from outside the UK, that customs duty applies to goods worth more than £135, and that the delivery company contacts the recipient to collect any VAT, duty or fees. With us, those charges are already included in your written quote, together with delivery to your address, so there is nothing extra to pay when your parcel arrives.

Your quote also confirms the production time before you agree to anything. If a courier ever asks you for payment on delivery, contact us before paying anything. We do not give tax advice, so for questions about your own circumstances the GOV.UK page is the place to start. Our guide to what your written quote includes shows what to look for, and how it works walks through every stage.

Would you rather not send anything? With Fabric + Stitching we supply the agreed fabric, so only one parcel makes the journey: the finished outfit on its way to you.

Sizes, units and names in the UK

Most tape measures sold in the UK show both centimetres and inches, and the quote form accepts either, so use whichever you are comfortable with and keep to it. Please give body measurements rather than a dress size: a UK 12 in one shop can differ from the next, UK and US numbering differ, and Pakistani brands use their own S, M and L charts. Our size guide shows each measurement, and the guide to UK, EU and US dress sizes explains why a size label is a poor guide for a kameez.

You will see the outfit written as shalwar kameez, salwar kameez or simply “a suit”, and an unstitched three-piece is often sold as a lawn suit or a brand pack. They all describe the same kind of order: a kameez, trousers and usually a dupatta, cut to your measurements. If you are buying by the metre, our guide to how much fabric a three-piece suit needs helps you buy the right amount, and custom stitching shows the styles we make.

Across the UK, city by city

We deliver to addresses across the UK, and our city pages cover the shopping streets, weather and everyday dressing in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Leicester, Glasgow, Luton, Slough and Blackburn. There are pages too for Edinburgh and Cardiff, for Pennine towns such as Huddersfield and Oldham, and for the Midlands, from Coventry to Nottingham.

The British weather shapes an order more than the postcode does: lawn and cotton for the warmest weeks, and khaddar, karandi or marina for a damp winter. Our winter fabrics guide compares them, and the Eid outfit timeline helps you start early enough, especially if your own fabric has to reach Pakistan first. Ordering from somewhere else? See all our locations.

Abayas, embroidery, frocks and brand collections

People order from the UK for different reasons. Some want a shalwar kameez or an Indian-style suit for Eid, a mehndi they are going to or everyday wear; some want modest pieces such as a longer kameez, a loose co-ord or an abaya for work or university; others simply want one occasion outfit that fits properly. You do not need to fit any of those boxes: send what you have in mind and we tell you how we would make it.

For a custom abaya, the length is taken with the shoes you wear and the width allows for what goes underneath, which in a British winter might be a jumper rather than a light dress. Our abaya collection has a range of shapes, each with a matching scarf, in nida, crepe or chiffon, sized S to XL or made to measure, and the pictures show each design as planned rather than a finished piece. Send body measurements, or measure an abaya that already fits you well and tell us they are garment measurements.

Custom embroidery can be hand or machine work, zari, beadwork or sequins, on an outfit we make or on your own suitable fabric or garment. Suitability depends on the fabric, the construction, how dense the design is and where it sits, so we confirm it in the quote. Lighter machine work suits a kurta you wear to the office; zari or sequins are better kept for Eid or a family wedding you are attending.

Custom shalwar kameez and embroidered suits are made in two or three pieces, and frocks range from a flared kalidar frock to a simple long dress for a summer garden party.

A three-piece Pakistani suit is a kameez, trousers and a dupatta. The embroidered karandi suit is one of our three-piece designs, a dupatta can be added to a two-piece design to make it a three-piece, and our guide to two-piece and three-piece unstitched suits explains the difference if you are buying fabric to send us.

For modest and Islamic clothing, we make abayas in nida, crepe or chiffon, and kaftans and jalabiyas from a photo, a description or one of our designs. Long Western dresses with full sleeves, such as the tiered maxi dress and the button-front shirt dress, are made to measure too. Our women’s leather jackets are made in genuine leather in 12 designs, with the leather colour, hardware, fit, length, sleeves, collar and lining up to you; they take two weeks to make from approval and full payment, with shipping on top. We also make personalised hoodies and sweatshirts for women with embroidery, a name or initials, and our guide to designing a personalised hoodie explains the choices.

If you run a boutique in Southall or on Green Street, or an online modest-fashion or Pakistani clothing label in the UK, brand manufacturing covers design development from your references and samples, cut and sew production with embroidery, fabric sourcing, attaching your labels, and packaging. Production is in Pakistan only, nothing is made in the UK, and quantities, development costs and timelines are quoted per project rather than on the 5 to 7 working days we give for personal orders.