1. Amrita’s Amazing Apparels, Nungambakkam

Prabha’s boutique, Amrita’s Amazing Apparels, is currently in it’s 16^th year. Chennaites have been coming back to her year after year because of her consistency in quality and neat finishing. If you’re looking for innovative designs for your blouses this wedding season, you must visit her. She personally helps with picking up fabric and designing the blouse. Understated, elegant embroidery is one of her specialties. Prabha needs 2-3 weeks to get the job done.Try going for high necks, loose shirt styles and digital prints that are totally in this season.

Price: INR 600 {Simple blouse without lining}, INR 3000 onwards {Fancier blouses}

Address: 21, Jaganathan Road, Ponnangipuram, Tirumurthy Nagar, Nungambakkam, Chennai

2. INAM By Sakina, Indira Nagar

Sakina has been in the business for 25 years in Chennai. She is known for anti-catalogue approach, wherein she tries not to repeat any blouse designs for any of her customers. She innovates for every customer, from colour combination, style to embroidery. A blouse here would take a week to completion, and she is very prompt with delivering the blouses on time. Go for contemporary embroidery and boat necks and rock it this wedding season!

Price: INR 1,500 onwards

Address: 2/1, 8th Cross Street, Near VLCC Health Care Ltd., Indra Nagar, Adyar, Chennai

3. Mabyo, Pazhavanthangal

Mabyo by Priya and Geetha, has a huge studio that not only does tailoring but also has fabric for you to choose from. So if you need a blouse all you have to do is bring your saree and ideas with you! Mabyo has a different mantra, they do not encourage their customers to bring in photos off the internet, they would rather create and customise new designs for you. They need a maximum of five days to complete a blouse. Their main USP is that they are available at any time, Priya says she responds to her customers 24/7! Psst, check out ari work in mehendi designs – they are gorgeous!

Price: INR 2,000

Address: 12, Krishnaswamy Street, Above Indian Overseas Bank, Pazavanthangal, Chennai

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4. Vasthra, K K Nagar

Just in six and a half years Kausalya, owner of Vasthra, has earned immense goodwill in the city. This boutique is known for its excellent customer service provided by Kausalya herself. Their strength is bridal blouses. They even help brides who are not in the country get their blouses done by putting together fabric, design, measurements over Skype calls and YouTube tutorials. The embroidery work they carry out is gorgeous because of its intricacy. After the fabric and measurements are in, they take around 25 days till completion for a wedding blouse.

Price: INR 650 {simple blouse}, INR 1,000 onwards {Fancier blouses}

Address: 64, Ramaswamy Salai, Sector 2, KK Nagar, Chennai

5. Brass Tacks, Abiramapuram

If you’re up for experimenting with your saree and draping this wedding season then your blouse has got to keep up too, right? Meet Brass Tacks, an indie store that can tailor the contemporary crop top, boxy, non-traditional blouses for you. You can pick from their ready-made stock or get it tailored by them too. It takes them a week for a blouse from start to finish. You might want to get high neck, loose blouses for an edgy look.

Price: INR 2,000 onwards

Address: Corporation Shopping Complex, 77/13, C.P. Ramaswamy Road, Alwarpet, Chennai

6. Zareen Designs, Spur Tank Road

Zareen Designs on Spur Tank road is a 25-year-old tailoring shop that holds a base of 11,800 customers! Popularly known as Zareen Aunty, she specialises in party blouses, lehenga blouses and bridal saree blouses. If you’re looking at zardosi, beads, cut work, sequins and gota work for blouses, you must try this boutique. She coordinates with customers from out of town too and can deliver quality blouses within a week!

Price: INR 1,000 onwards

Address: 66/5, Spur Tank Road, Chetpet, Chennai