Following this, I began developing motifs and transforming them into prints—details of which can be found in the Design Process section, out of which the chosen master print and the placements prints are used in this collection.

Since this is a festive wear collection, khakhas had to be developed for the karigars to execute the hand embroideries, below are a few of the explorations. I really like 3D embellishments, I feel they bring out the essence of the embroidery, hence I wanted to try it out for this collection! For the first time ever at Gopi Vaid, we experimented with 3D embellishments, and the final outcome was stunning and was also highly appreciated by Gopi Ma’am. Working with the karigars on this was fun! Simultaneously, I explored and brainstormed silhouettes for the festive-wear collection. And as per the silhouette and the price bracket, the hand embroidery and machine embroidery placements are decided.