Roughly thirty percent of our annual order volume is wedding-season — October through January, with a smaller spike in April-May. The honest answer to "can you make my bandhgala in three weeks" depends on which three weeks.

October is hardest. Every cutter in Indore is over-committed, every embroidery atelier is fully booked. We can usually take new October-wedding orders only if you walk in by August — we'll quote, take measurements, cut the pattern, and only put it through the workshop when the cloth arrives.

The express surcharge isn't a markup. It's the cost of pulling someone off their regular bench to work yours.

What we charge for express

Standard turnaround is three weeks. Express compresses to 10–14 days. The surcharge is ten to fifteen percent on the labour line (cloth + accessories are unchanged) and we tell you on the consultation, not on the invoice.

What we will not do: skip the first trial. A bandhgala finished without a basted trial is a bandhgala that won't fit. We've done it under pressure once or twice. It always ended in a difficult phone call. We don't do it anymore.