This textile house sells and exports its hand-block fabrics by the yard and in an array of products from table and bed linens to sarongs to beaded jackets. All of their products are finished by artisans on a farm outside of Jaipur but are now sold in boutiques throughout the country. The Anokhi Foundation recently established a museum in nearby Amer to document the history and tradition of handblocking. If you are planning a day of Jaipur shopping, stop here in time for lunch at its Anokhi Café. Closed Sundays.

Among the most sophisticated hand-blocked fabrics being made in India are those designed by the French born Brigitte Singh. She moved to Jaipur more than twenty years ago and married Surya Vijay Singh. You may recognize some of her patterns, as they are sold in stylish shops in Paris and the States as well as in some of the gift shops of India’s top hotels. Her designs, which are influenced by her painting background and love for the natural world, have more exact, fine lines than most hand-blocked patterns. Expect both the hues and inspiration to come from flowers.

Indagare Tip: Stock can vary widely, so sometimes you may come and find a wonderful array of the soft quilts and fine scarves and clothing and bags, and other times, you may find very little to tempt you. If you see something you like in a shop in an Oberoi or Taj hotel gift shop, snatch it up.

We fully admit that the tunics and scarves here may not be as precisely block printed as others in Jaipur, but what this textile emporium does get right is slim-fitting silhouettes and contemporary motifs. Translation: they’re easy, effortless and dare we say, kind of trendy, whether you live in Bangalore or Southampton. And at these prices, you’ll want to take home a dozen.

Established by an American in the 1960s to provide work for artisans in small communities and to bring Indian textile work to a larger audience, Fabindia is sort of like the Pottery Barn of Indian fabrics. There are branches in many major cities and each season there are new kaftans and kurtas as well as table and bed linen patterns. In addition to clothes and linens, you will find furniture, carpets, curtains, lighting and most everything to furnish a house.

Founded by late Gem Palace jeweler Munnu Kasliwal and French jewelry designer Marie-Hélène de Taillac, this whitewashed boutique sits in the airy garden pavilion of the wonderfully atmospheric Hotel Narain Niwas Palace. Think chic dresses with Indian flair, kitschy accessories, cashmere and wool scarves by Kashmir Loom in every color of the rainbow. Hot Pink’s fans include Ashley and Allegra Hicks, and the store was such a success that Kasliwal and de Taillac opened a small outpost, at Amber Fort. The prices are high for India but the detail and design are also more sophisticated than you will find in most places in Jaipur.

French designer Thierry Journo has lived and worked in Jaipur for quite a few years, adding flair and eccentricity to the expat community and the export options. He recently opened this fabulous boutique in a much more central location in the Narain Niwas Palace, the same heritage hotel that also houses the must-visit boutiques Hot Pink and Aashka and Palladio restaurant. You enter through an archway and one side is the women’s showroom and the other is men’s and housewares. Inspired by the vibrant Rajasthan palette but rooted in a Parisian couture background, Journo sells the most Western designs in the city but with a distinct Indian exoticism. His silk caftans, cotton dresses, ikat pashminas and bright tie dyed pillows are like catnip to color lovers. Though Journo is often in Paris, if you are lucky enough to catch him in the boutique, you will likely end up staying for tea in the garden and making a friend and not just purchases.

Tie-dyed cushion covers, silk shawls and women’s dresses line the shelves at French designer Thierry Journo’s pint-sized boutique, tucked away in a residential pocket. Journo, who was also introduced to Jaipur by Marie-Hélène de Taillac and the late Mannu Kasliwal of the Gem Palace more than a decade ago, puts a decidedly modern spin on Jaipur’s traditional textiles like bandhani (tie-dye) for eye-catching results.

Opened in January 2014, Jaipur Modern is the labor of love of Yash Agarwal and Maximiliano Modesti who have melded an Italian sensibility with Indian artisans to champion “modern Indian craftsmanship.” The owners work with numerous producers in India, including well known brands such as Rashmi Varma and Rajesh Pratap Singh, to create products with a more western twist. The linens and pillows, for instance, have a more abstract design and contemporary color palette. Cotton blouses and dresses are cut in a more avant-garde style. While this is their only boutique, many of their designs have been picked up by Western buyers and can now be found in hip shops in Brazil, Germany and France.

A stylish boutique that is known for superb quality hand-block-printed silk saris, including Tussar silk and Khadi tussar. Sonia Gandhi is a client as are many of the stylish women in Jaipur. The pretty showroom also has ready-to-wear garments and accessories.

The shop of the Agarwal family specializes in leather goods but what you are coming for are the hand embroidered slippers. It is a simple place that we were turned on to by a rickshaw driver. The products are not fancy but are just the kind of colorful slippers that will work at home with white jeans in the summer.

This shop in a courtyard off of the MI Road is an expat favorite. The owner, Meenu Tholia, whose husband owns the jewelry store outfront Tholia Kuber, works with artisans to create fashions with a slightly modern nod. Top sellers are the quilted jackets and scarves.

The gift shop in the City Palace in Jaipur, which is housed in the same building as the textile museum, was the concept of Princess Diya Kumari who wanted to offer products inspired by the museum collection. Everything is made in the Palace Atelier by local craftsmen. Its two small rooms are crammed with hand-blocked cotton and silk stoles, scarves and saris as well as accessories such as colorful silk clutches and attractive enamelware cups and boxes that are great for gifts.

Princess Diya Kumari, who was also behind the renovation of the Rajmahal hotel, started this foundation in 2013 to give underprivileged women employment. Today more than 65 women create crafts out of the nearby Badal Mahal (Monsoon or Cloud Palace) and a cooperative near Ranthambore. Their simple fabric products range from cotton children’s frocks and notebooks to cloth bags and fabric animals. A small stall near the giant silver urns in the City Palace sells their crafts and by appointment it is possible to visit the Monsoon Palace, one of the oldest buildings in Jaipur, where they work.

Puja is Jaipur’s most famous designer, thanks to her distinctive, whimsical and playful modern fashion and accessories. She designs her own blocks for the hand-printed textiles and uses traditional motifs in an abstract design. The fabric is normally enhanced further with hand-embroidery. Puja has a studio at home, and in the same compound has a small store with previous seasons’ merchandise discounted. Products from the charity, Umang are available here. By appointment only.

This trio of extraordinary textile stores includes the original shop—run by the patriarch of the family—which specializes in museum-quality antique and vintage fabrics. At the family’s Satayam, closest to the City Palace entrance, are superb handwoven cashmere blankets; natural, undyed pashmina shawls; hand-stitched quilts; and delectable handwoven cotton shawls printed with gold and silver motifs. Pashmina, cotton and cashmere textiles can also be custom-dyed in an assortment of elegant colors. Ask to view vintage textiles in the company’s third store nearby. Open by appointment only, it’s like a museum of rich fabrics, all breathtaking. Museum curators shop here for treasures displaying India’s textile artistry.

This chic boutique sells stunning, contemporary and exceptional quality textiles, especially their cotton quilts and bed linens that would easily work in a country cottage or urban home. Owners and designers Madhulika and Manish Tibrewal are especially attune to contemporary and simple designs that translate across the globe. Also on offer at the store: tunics, blouses, scarves and floral and geometric-motif cushions and table linens.

Raid this 30-year-old block printing emporium for quilts, cushion covers, bright tunics, quilted totes, and darling children’s tops, dresses, and pajamas that will have you wondering if they’re available in adult sizes. (In fact, we’ve seen some of Ratan Textiles’ children’s clothing turn up at Zara stateside.)  While Jaipur boasts several block printing companies, the pieces here usually feel a bit more contemporary and design-forward. Their handblock prints are the basis of the collection, but they have some modern twists and styles so cotton shawls have cute pom-poms in contrasting colors, i-pad cases may have photos of camels and leather flip-flops are embossed with bright floral designs.

Fabric hunters who have had their fill of the ubiquitous hand-blocked fabrics and who are interested in tribal textiles (antique and contemporary) should head to Saurashtra Impex inside the Jorawar Singh Gate.

Working with famed Parisian jeweler Marie-Hélène de Taillac first brought designer Sophia Edstrand to Jaipur, and she’s stayed since, launching her own atelier and line of zardozi (an embroidery technique using silk threads) accessories. Edstrand’s fabric necklaces, belts, sandals, and hair accessories are plenty chic, but it’s the vibrant hues, a nod to Rajasthan, that had us at hello. The line, Sophia 203, sells at Colette and Bon Marché in Paris, or visit her Jaipur atelier by appointment.

Located in a residential area (your driver will need to call for directions), Taara is the chicest new shop to open in Jaipur. The city has long been the shopping mecca of India with legendary jewelry shops and Euro-chic takes on Indian fashion like Hot Pink, but now for those who want the best of the bazaars and expat designs there is a new concept shop that is the one-stop shop for Jaipur visitors. Taara occupies a white stucco house with a turquoise and indigo decorative trim. The stairway leading up to the second floor shop features enormous Buddha paintings and dhurrie rugs that announce the funky mix of Eastern tradition and global chic that you will find in the upstairs rooms that have been designed around different Indian regions. One is hung with hundreds of colorful lanterns and displays furniture, antique carpets and silver and wooden objects. Fashion and accessories for women and children, including cashmere scarves (both traditionally embroidered and printed with modern motifs like skulls) and electric colored kaftans are displayed in another. Pillows and dhurries, which can be ordered in modern palettes such as cornflower blue with metallic silver or ivory and lavender in any size occupy another. For the jewelry showroom, the family who created the mirrored inlay in the maharajah’s palaces and the Oberoi hotels fashioned glimmering panels on white walls, which are accented with silver Buddha heads and shelves of antique silver. The shop is the passion project of jeweler Vinesh Kumar who named it after his grandmother and whose wife Shalina manages it. Next up they plan to sell outdoor furniture and garden objects on the rooftop. Not yet in any guidebooks or on hotel concierge’s radars, you may have a hard time persuading your driver to take you here but it will be well worth the trip.

For shoppers who want to browse a range of high-end Indian crafts but prefer the atmosphere of a Barney’s or Colette to an Indian market, then Teatro Dhora is the place to come. Located in a bright, contemporary-style cottage, this boutique mixes Indian and expat designer goods with vintage items. There are hand-blocked tunics and embroidered shawls and the owners’ signature jewelry line, which includes brass and silver collections. Vintage lamps and furniture mix with Indian art work as well as curated books and bath lines to create a Bohemian atmosphere of good taste. The founders of the shop are both from Rajasthan but studied in Milan before opening their Desert Theater, which is what the name means.

This hotel gift shop is curated by the owner of the hotel who supports many local NGOs so in addition to bright beaded bags and fun quilts, you will find hand-blocked pajamas and bags to benefit Help in Suffering, a local animal rescue charity.

Located in the small heritage hotel Alsisar Haveli, Tokree is a charming new boutique that was opened by Sanyukta Singh to sell the artisan accessories and fashion that she designs and has local cooperatives manufacture. Antiques from around Rajasthan add a heritage element. Look for hand-blocked tunics, quilted jackets and palazzo pants with lovely edging and knit shawls with metallic threadwork and one-of-a-kind jewelry. You reach the shop by climbing a winding outside stairway into a magical attic-like space.

Located in the Tholia House courtyard near Nayika and Tholia Kuber Jewels, Yamini Tholia is the place to come for traditional Indian evening clothes.