There is a version of fashion where you click "add to cart" and a box arrives at your door in three days. We understand the appeal. There is something miraculous about being able to dress your future self in a week.
Saanjh is not that.
Every piece we make begins the day you confirm. There is no warehouse. No stack of finished gowns waiting for a buyer. When you choose a piece from the Silhouettes Collection, a sketch is drawn, fabric is cut, a wooden frame is set, and a karigar begins.
Two to four weeks pass. Sometimes longer.
There are good reasons to do this. We do not waste fabric on pieces that will not sell. We do not employ karigars on speculation, only on confirmed work. The piece is fitted to you, not to a sample-size mannequin. The fabric you receive is the fabric you chose, dyed if needed, embroidered to the density you wanted.
But there is a less practical reason too.
A Saanjh piece is, in some sense, a relationship. Between you, the karigar who works on it, and the cloth. Made-to-order is the only model that honours all three. The karigar is paid for what they make. The cloth is not wasted. And you — you become part of the piece's making. You wait for it. You are sent progress photographs. By the time it arrives, the piece already has a small history. Your history.
We think clothes are better when they begin this way.
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And we think women, in particular, deserve to be dressed by someone who is paying attention. Two to four weeks, sketch to your door, is the only honest version of that promise.