Local Markets In Mumbai Where You Can Source Fabric From For Your Wedding Outfits!

The best kind of wedding outfits are the ones that you can design and create from scratch. This way you can pick and choose whatever fabric you like, colours that you envision and even the silhouette of the outfit. But making an outfit from scratch requires a lot of patience and effort. So we made that work a little simpler by telling you the best local markets in Mumbai where you can source the best kind of fabric for your wedding outfits

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Mangaldas Market

This market is one of the largest fabric markets in Asia. Want that perfect shade of turquoise blue for your gown? You will find it here. This market is divided into lanes and each lane has a specific type of fabric that they retail. Depending on what you need, you can check out all the stores in the lane. Some stores only offer wholesale fabric so unless you are looking for similar fabric for your bridesmaids’ outfits, you can shop at the rest of the stores!

Where - Mangaldas Market, Lohar Chawl, Kalbadevi, Mumbai

Hindmata Market

For all things fabric, Hindmata market is your answer. While most of the fabric pieces that you will find here will lean towards ethnic patterns and styles, you can find a variety in plain fabrics as well. You can even source fabrics for menswear, like kurtas and sherwanis. These stores usually have a fixed rate but you can try bargaining if you are picking up multiple pieces or high price pieces!

Where - Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marg, Dadar East, Mumbai

Santacruz Market

This market is pure gold! From a huge variety of fabrics to unstitched suit pieces to laces and borders – you will find it all in this market. Bang opposite the Santacruz station lane, there are plethora of shops and stalls that retail all types of fabrics. You can shop at high end stores for embroidered fabric and borders and at small stores for lesser price items like laces, latkans and even simple fabrics.

Where – Opposite Santacruz West station, Santacruz West, Mumbai

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Khar West Market

While this isn’t a market as such, there is this one particular lane at Khar West that houses all kinds’ of fabric stores together. They have stores that retail fabrics that can be dyed, kallis for lehengas or anarkalis and the latest trending fabrics in the market. People flock to these stores including small time designers to pick the latest fabrics at a great rate!

Where - Jains Arcade, 374, Chitrakar Dhurandhar Road, Khar West, Mumbai

Natraj Market

One of the most budget-friendly markets in Mumbai when it comes to sourcing fabrics for your wedding outfits is Natraj Market. One of the good things about this market is that there are around 5 to 7 entry and exit points with lots of zig zag turns at every corner of shops which helps you to navigate through the market well. The pick of fabrics is more blingy and bright than the rest, but if you are looking to make a statement with your outfit, you will find it here!

Where - Natraj Market, Parekh Road, Vijaykar Wadi, Malad West

Gandhi Market

From blouse fabric to fabric for your wedding lehenga, there is a store in Gandhi market for all your wedding shopping needs! What’s more, this market also houses tailors that can take care of all your designing and stitching worries. All in one!

Where - Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Rd, Namdev Koli Marg, Sion, Mumbai

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Kurla Kapda Bazaar

Better known as Chindi Market, Kurla Kapda Bazaar is great if you’re shopping for fabric on a budget. If you are looking for formal Indian wedding wear, you can get kalis as well as complete fabrics for lehengas. Make sure that you double check everything that you buy since the fabric may not always be the best quality fabric!

Where - Kurla Kapda Bazaar, Near Kurla Station, Kurla, Mumbai

Kapad Bazaar

One of Mumbai’s well-kept secrets, the Kapad Bazaar at Mahim is a one-stop shopping hub for all things fabrics. The area offers an amalgamation of simple, but rich fabrics, all at affordable rates. The fabrics can start as low as INR 50 per meter. Now, isn't that something?

Where - Kapad Bazar, Near Pathare Prabhu Shree Krishna Mandir, Mahim West, Mumbai

So, if you're a bride looking to get a customised outfit for your wedding, head over to these markets to source your fabric!

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