New York · United States
New York is an easy place to buy a Pakistani or Indian suit, and a hard one to find the time to get it stitched. The Gilded Seam cuts and stitches women’s salwar kameez, kurtas and co-ords to your measurements in Pakistan and ships the finished outfit to your door, in any of the five boroughs or beyond.
InspirationLocal notes
Sizes, customs rules and sending fabric from the USA: ordering from the USA.
The suit and sari shops around 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, and the Pakistani stores along Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn sell unstitched lawn, cambric and embroidered packs in every season. Photograph each piece by a window rather than under store lights, so we can judge the color and weave.
With Stitching Only, your suit is shipped to Pakistan and the finished outfit comes back as a separate shipment. Contact us with the photos through the quote form first, and we confirm the fabric is suitable, that there is enough for your design, and how to send it. Rather not ship anything? With Fabric + Stitching we supply the agreed fabric instead.
A New York winter means wind between tall buildings, cold subway platforms and then overheated apartments and offices. Khaddar, karandi and marina hold warmth without bulk, and a lined kameez sits more smoothly under a long wool coat. Our winter fabrics guide compares them.
By July the city is hot and humid, and lawn and light cotton take over. An easier cut and unlined sleeves keep a summer kurta comfortable on a crowded train, and a knee-length kurta over straight pants works as well in a Midtown office as in a class at Columbia or NYU.
Custom stitching · Custom design · New York
New York makes it easy to buy fabric and surprisingly hard to get it sewn. The suit shops around 74th Street in Jackson Heights and along Coney Island Avenue sell lovely unstitched lawn, but a dressmaker in New York who will copy a neckline from your screenshot is a rarer find. We do that part from Pakistan. You send the photo and your measurements, we cut and stitch the outfit to fit you, and it is couriered to your apartment in any of the five boroughs.
Use the photos below as a starting point. Keep the cut of a Pakistani suit you like and ask for a lined kameez that sits flat under a winter coat, or turn one of the abayas into a lighter chiffon version for July. If none of them is quite right, send your own design and we tell you honestly what we can make. Fabric, measurements, embroidery and the full price are written into your quote before anything is 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 · eid
A maroon kameez and matching trousers, with gold and rose embroidery at the neckline, sleeves and hem.
£60Regular £75· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFfrocks · everyday
A rust frock in an Ajrak-style print, with a notched neckline, three-quarter sleeves and an easy A-line shape to the calf.
£100Regular £125· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFfrocks · eid
A saffron silk frock with green and gold floral embroidery in a meenakari palette, elbow sleeves and a flared skirt with a deep border.
£144Regular £180· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFdresses · everyday
A navy button-front shirt dress with your name on the chest, the verse you choose across the back, and white flowers down both sleeves.
£100Regular £125· 20% offDesign previewSale20% OFFabayas
An open tulip abaya in dusty mauve with petal sleeves, embroidered with pink rosebuds on a cream vine 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 New York
Custom design, fabric, stitching, fancy work and customisation, all arranged online and shipped to New York.
Searched in New York
The styles people in New York search for most on Google. Each is made to your size or measurements in Pakistan and shipped to New York.
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 New York. Once we have confirmed your fabric, you ship it to Pakistan by a tracked international service with an accurate customs declaration, and the finished outfit is shipped to you.
No. The outfit is shipped from Pakistan, and your written quote includes delivery and any US duties, taxes and fees, so there is nothing extra to pay when the package arrives.
Yes, subject to fabric suitability and sufficient quantity. Photograph every piece, tell us what it is if you know, and we confirm whether it suits your design before you ship anything.
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.
