Chicago · United States
Chicago shoppers know Devon Avenue in West Ridge, on the city’s North Side, for its Indian and Pakistani stores selling suits, dupattas and fabric. The Gilded Seam stitches women’s salwar kameez, kurtas and co-ords to your measurements in Pakistan and ships them to your address in Chicago or the suburbs.
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Sizes, customs rules and sending fabric from the USA: ordering from the USA.
Whether you picked up a lawn pack on Devon Avenue or ordered a winter collection online, photograph each piece and add your measurements in inches on the quote form. We confirm the fabric is suitable and enough for your design, and how to ship it to Pakistan, before you send anything. It then needs a tracked international service and an accurate customs declaration, and the finished outfit comes back as a separate shipment; our guide to shipping your fabric covers packing. If you would rather choose new fabric, Fabric + Stitching means only the finished outfit travels.
Winters here are long, and the wind off Lake Michigan cuts straight through thin cotton. This is khaddar and karandi season: both are dense, warm and hold their shape under a parka. A cotton lining adds another layer, and a kameez that falls to the knee or just below keeps you covered on a cold L platform.
Chicago summers can be properly hot and humid, so lawn and light cotton come back out in June. Unlined lawn with elbow or three-quarter sleeves works for everyday wear and weekend gatherings, and our guide to summer outfits for hot weather has more ideas.
Custom stitching · Custom design · Chicago
A lot of Chicago closets hold one: the lawn pack from Devon Avenue, still folded in its plastic, waiting for someone to stitch it. Finding custom stitching in Chicago that treats a three-piece suit properly is the slow part. Send us photos of the fabric first. Once we confirm it suits your design and there is enough, you post it to Pakistan, we cut it to your measurements, and the finished outfit comes back to your door in the city or the suburbs.
No fabric waiting? Then begin with the photos below. A kameez can be lengthened to the knee for an L platform in January, given a cotton lining, or cut in a warm weave with detailed embroidery for an Eid dinner. Our Stitching Only page for the US explains the two shipping stages if you are sending your own suit. Your quote lists the design, the fabric and the full price before we cut.
8 designs shown
£71Regular £89· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFtwo-piece · everyday
A sage green kameez and matching trousers, with cream and soft gold floral embroidery at the neckline, sleeves and hem.
£84Regular £105· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFtwo-piece · everyday
A terracotta kameez and matching trousers, with ivory and gold embroidery at the neckline, sleeves and hem.
£100Regular £125· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFfrocks · party
A marigold yellow frock covered in bright floral embroidery and small mirrors, with puff sleeves, an embroidered waistband and a full skirt with a deep border.
£76Regular £95· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFfrocks · everyday
A sage green day frock with white chikankari across the yoke and sleeve hems, a button front and an easy, relaxed shape to the knee.
£87Regular £109· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFdresses · everyday
A long sage green kaftan with a band collar and a straight, relaxed line, embroidered with arch motifs down the front and around the wide cuffs.
£120Regular £150· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFabayas · eid
An open tulip abaya in ivory with petal sleeves, embroidered with peach and gold magnolias in a spray over one shoulder and down the front, and on the sleeves. Comes with a matching scarf.
£157Regular £225· 30% offDesign previewSale30% OFFjackets · everyday
A cognac jacket with a wide asymmetric lapel and a hidden-looking off-centre zip, no belt and no studs, for a clean line.
£96Regular £120· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFtops · everyday
An oversized powder blue shirt with a chest pocket, embroidered in ivory with flowering branches and small pearl beads that spill from the shoulder across the chest.
For Chicago
Custom design, fabric, stitching, fancy work and customisation, all arranged online and shipped to Chicago.
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The styles people in Chicago search for most on Google. Each is made to your size or measurements in Pakistan and shipped to Chicago.
Two ways to order
Both are made to your measurements in Pakistan. The minimum order is one suit, and we don’t offer free samples.
We supply the agreed fabric and make your outfit to your measurements. One parcel: the finished outfit shipped to you.
You supply suitable fabric, such as an unstitched suit, and we cut, stitch and finish it.
FAQ
Also in United States
No. There is no store, studio or address in Chicago or anywhere else in the US. You order online, your measurements and design are agreed in writing, and the outfit is made in Pakistan and shipped to you anywhere in Chicago or the suburbs.
Early, especially if you are sending your own fabric, because it travels to Pakistan and the finished outfit travels back separately. Start in early fall rather than after the first snow.
Yes. Give an exact length in inches, and mention your coat length if you want the hem to stay hidden. Lengths are agreed in writing before cutting.
Ready when you are
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 euros, US dollars or pounds, whichever you choose, including delivery and import charges.
No commitment until you approve your written quote.
