Tash Kuchin One-Piece Chuba/Bakhu with attached Wonju

Description

The Bakhu — known also as Chuba in Tibetan — is the ceremonial dress of Tibetan and Bhutia women, worn through generations of Losar celebrations, Saga Dawa observances, and the full rhythm of community life. This one-piece version integrates the Wonju inner blouse into a single elegant garment, preserving the layered silhouette that defines the form without the separate dressing step. In Himalayan communities from Darjeeling to the wider world, the Bakhu is cultural presence — worn deliberately, with understanding.

The outer body is cut from Tash Kuchin satin brocade: a high-sheen fabric woven with large circular medallion motifs in the Tibetan longevity tradition, set against a ruyi cloud-scroll ground that catches the light at every angle. The attached Wonju — in a contrasting peach bamboo-motif or teal geometric brocade — forms the diagonal crossover lapel and provides the ¾-length sleeves, with the body fabric returned as trim at the cuffs, a construction detail that ties the two fabrics into one resolved garment.

The floor-length column silhouette is fitted through the waist and hip with the structured drape that Tash Kuchin naturally holds. This Bakhu is worn to Losar mornings, prayer gatherings, and ceremonies where arriving in traditional dress is not a question but a given.