Author(s): Shivani Sharma and Dr. Ankita Singh Rao

Abstract:
This paper highlights the art of traditional hand embroidery and its comparison to machine embroideries in present trends. Hand embroidery is the heritage of our culture which seems to be diminishing now days due to its higher cost and slow procedure. People in our country belongs to different income groups due to this there are variant customers which demands for products from low to high quality. So, machine embroidery acts as a solution to these problems in our fast-changing fashion world. Beside this, hand embroidery is still in boom when it comes to designer studios and couture wear outfits, due to its beauty and excessive modification possibilities which is rigid in machine embroidery. Thus, both the techniques of surface embellishment are special in different areas of apparel production.