Autumn — Winter

Made for the occasion,
cut for the everyday

London-made occasionwear in tissue silk, raw silk and satin crepe — hand-worked in antique gold and produced in runs small enough that we can name every piece.

  • Limited runs

    Hand-embroidered in small production batches. On most pieces, one per size.

  • Dispatch 1–3 days

    Orders leave London within one to three working days, tracked on dispatch.

  • UK & international

    Free UK tracked delivery, 2–5 working days after dispatch. International approximately 5–10.

New In

This season’s arrivals

Cut from the fabrics defining Pakistani evening wear this season — tissue silk that glows rather than shines, and raw silk woven to catch the light as you move.

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Zohra wine velvet kaftan, full length, with gold embroidered V-neckline and wide sleeves — ILARA London

Zohra

£125.00

Wine velvet · kaftan

SML

Low stock Sehr rose gold tissue silk three-piece — full-length front view of the hand-embroidered kameez, palazzo and blush organza dupatta

Sehr

£145.00

Rose gold tissue silk · three-piece

SML

Sanaya

£115.00

Amethyst crepe satin · co-ord set

SML

Sold out

Meher

£130.00

Lilac tissue silk · kurta set

SMLXL

We let the cloth do the talking

Our Story

We let the cloth do the talking

ILARA began with a simple wish: that the piece you keep for the biggest day should still feel like yours on an ordinary one. Everything here is made that way — a kameez cut clean enough to wear to dinner, a kaftan you reach for on a Sunday afternoon, embroidery worked by hand so it reads as detail rather than decoration.

We produce in small runs from London. Tissue silk, raw silk and satin crepe are chosen first; the silhouette follows the fabric, never the other way around. When a size sells, it is usually gone.

Richer than a neutral, quieter than a red — and finished with the kind of detail that carries across a room.

Founded
London
Production
Limited runs
Embroidery
Hand-worked

The Collections

Six ways into the wardrobe

Each collection is grouped by cloth and mood rather than by occasion — so a piece bought for a wedding still makes sense in March.

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Or start with the shape

The Cloth

Cloth first, then the hand

Every silhouette starts as a decision about cloth and is finished on the adda. The two cloths we keep returning to — and the handwork that completes them.

Tissue silk

Tissue silk

Featherweight · luminous

Shifts between two tones as it catches the light — a cloth that glows rather than shines. Light enough for a full-length kurta without weight at the shoulder.

Raw silk

Raw silk

Structured · slubbed

Holds a line. The natural slub reads as texture from a distance, so a woven stripe does the work embroidery would otherwise have to — the quiet alternative.

Hand embroidery

Hand embroidery

Zardozi · dabka · bead

Couched metallic thread, dabka and minute beadwork, worked by hand on the adda. Placed at the neckline, placket and hem — where it is read, not everywhere.

Final Pieces

Last of the run

Sizes that will not be remade. Once these are gone the pattern is retired.

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Low stock ILARA Armira chocolate embroidered three-piece set, front view

Armira

£120.00

Chocolate satin crepe · three-piece

SML

Low stock ILARA Ariya midnight blue satin kaftan dress with embellished neckline, front view

Ariya

£100.00

Midnight blue satin · kaftan dress

SMLXL

Low stock ILARA Celeste black and white floral print kaftan, front view

Celéste

£90.00

Black & ivory floral · kaftan

SML

Low stock ILARA Mahnoor blush sand kaftan with fluid relaxed silhouette, front view

Mahnoor

£95.00

Blush sand · kaftan

SLM

As seen on clients

Worn out in the world

Photographs sent back to us — ILARA pieces at dinners, weddings and evenings out.

Client wearing an ILARA black and ivory printed satin kaftan on an evening out
Elnara — worn to dinner
Champagne satin, an evening out
Client wearing an ILARA aubergine satin kaftan with black bead-work at the neckline
Kefiyah — worn to an evening out
Client wearing the Aaliya champagne satin two-piece with black trousers
Aaliya — worn to dinner
An ILARA client in a gold jacquard kurta and palazzo with a sequinned dupatta
Aaila — worn to a wedding

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