Good afternoon everyone,
I am not desi, but I have seen some pictures of Khussa and would like to purchase a white pair. Can you please suggest a good place or two where I may find an excellent quality pair? I am located in the Greater Toronto area.
As well, are these generally used as 'casual' shoes, and if so is there something different for more elegant dress? I would appreciate any information you would be willing to share with me. Thank you so much.

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Good afternoon everyone,
I am not desi, but I have seen some pictures of Khussa and would like to purchase a white pair. Can you please suggest a good place or two where I may find an excellent quality pair? I am located in the Greater Toronto area.
As well, are these generally used as 'casual' shoes, and if so is there something different for more elegant dress? I would appreciate any information you would be willing to share with me. Thank you so much.

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Pramod Chopra
Senior Mortgage Consultant
Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada

even i was about to ask the same question ...but agar google na hota to kya hota ...

i googled it and found that khussa is a jooti ...punjabi jooti yaar
i even found a website selling it.

http://www.786shop.com/khussa.asp

if you want to buy in a shop go to indian section on gerrard street in downtown Toronto and there are many boutiques selling it ....nucreations ...and many more showrooms..

Hope this helps.

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What can be imagined, can be achieved.

Khussas or Mojaris are traditional ornately-worked close-toe shoes typically made out of cow/buffalo/goat hide (leather), and stitched together by hand. They are worn mostly in North India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and favored by country folk, tribals, gaon key ya dehati log etc. They are also very trendy ethnic wear, and shadi (wedding) footwear. Khussas/Mojaris have delicate hand-stitching and intricate embroidery on them often in vibrant colors, and come embellished with stones, mirrorwork, beads etc.. There are different styles for men and women, but they are all essentially very flat-heeled and of very fine grain worked thin strips of leather.

I don't know where u can buy them in the GTA. Mine were all bought in the US. They cost about $20 a pair there for really casual ones, and about $50 for elaborate shadi ones, so should run about the same here. They're very comfortable esp with our desi dresses. Also, if u wear them day in day out like I do in summer, they last just under two months, coz their soles are so thin. Try going to a local Indo/Pak clothing boutique and ask them who stocks it here. Or do a google on the net for something like "sindhi mojari" or "kashmiri slippers" etc.

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Please forgive me, I did not know the correct name of these shoes - I was looking around for footwear and came acrosss these and thought they were beautiful! (Thank you for the different names for me to search with.) I am a bride-to-be and would like to wear flat shoes on my wedding day as my fiancee is the same height as I am and I don't wish to appear taller. The only shoes I can find here have been very plain (and not what I would like to wear) so I searched online and found these. I contacted a vendor in Pakistan, but he advised that he only sold in bulk, and suggested that I come on here (www.canadiandesi.com) to see if I could find a place to buy them in/near Toronto.
Thank you for all your assistance, I will use the other names you referrred to them as, and will look in the neighbourhood you suggested. I appreciate all your time, and apologise again for the incorrect name. Thank you so much.

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Please forgive me, I did not know the correct name of these shoes - I was looking around for footwear and came acrosss these and thought they were beautiful! (Thank you for the different names for me to search with.) ............... and apologise again for the incorrect name. Thank you so much.

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Please forgive me, I did not know the correct name of these shoes - I was looking around for footwear and came acrosss these and thought they were beautiful! (Thank you for the different names for me to search with.) ............... and apologise again for the incorrect name. Thank you so much.

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Apologies????

I would say, --- Thank you ----for educating us about our own language and products!

Chandresh

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Pramod Chopra
Senior Mortgage Consultant
Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada