We started with one koti and a borrowed sewing machine.
Patang Pop began because there was nothing to throw over a plain kurta that wasn't either beige or beaded within an inch of its life. So we made one — short, sleeveless, tied at the front, in a print loud enough to be the whole outfit. Then people started asking where it was from.
The name is the kite our whole city puts in the sky every February. It's the same idea: bright, cheap to be joyful about, and best when everyone can see it from a distance.
Made after you order
No warehouse, no dead stock, no end-of-season landfill. Your koti is cut for your size once you've paid, which is slower and better.
Hands, not machines
The embroidered pieces are worked by hand by women in Lahore who are paid per piece at a rate they set. A single Motia Bahar is about eleven hours of somebody's day.
Small runs, on purpose
We make a handful of each design and then move on. If you see something you like, that's the moment — we rarely repeat a colourway.
A word about paying first
We know asking for a bank transfer before anything exists requires trust, and that trust has to be earned rather than assumed. So: our Instagram has years of orders and customer photos, we answer WhatsApp messages ourselves, and if you want to talk to a human before you send money, we'd genuinely prefer that. The full ordering guide is here.