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Having a high spirits and vitality of
cultural heritage, a unique way of clothing with various luxurious fashions,
designs and embroidered apparel has been going on over the decades in India.
Today, the attires crafted in India are being exposed to the most attractive
and fascinating outfits of latest vogue across the world.
Attires entail various facts:
Depending on seasonal variations,
geographical locations, religious and cultural customs and even in colors,
textures and styles, garments are classified into separate dresses worn by
Indians that have been transforming from generation to generation.
Indian women clothing consisted of designer
sarees, Salwar Kameez, Ghagra Choli, lengha, churidar along with innovative
trendy garments such as tunics, skirts, shirts, pants, suits used as
professional outfits highlights the wear splendor and grandeur. While
traditional attires like kurtas, lungis, dhotis, pyjamas, Sherwanis, turbans
are chosen by the Indian common people, urban men usually go with shirts,
suits, trousers, pants, jeans, ties etc.
Ins and outs of outfits:
To name the most traditional clothing
outfits in India are sarees made from fine cotton, silk or other fabrics while
the long-established fashion items weaved in different designs, long strip of
colorful multi-patterned cloths always attract the women bringing charms,
elegance and beauty. Among the fashionable sarees, Chikan, Banarasi, Tant,
Gadwal are notable far-famed items to illustrate, while the color and the
textural suitability could fluctuate with the age, status and region worn in
every possible occasion.
The salwaar kameez, Salwars are like pants
tightly fitted in the waist and the ankles, and an elongated as well as baggy
tunic is known kameez, is the most ubiquitous of all traditional women attire
in India that is called the Punjabi suit in Punjab region for its much
popularity. It is the most preferable and favorite among the young generation
as for its easy wear and adaptability for more occasions worn at home, formal
and casual parties as well. Similarly, fashionable salwar kameez that designed
beautiful with embroidery and varied eye pleasing patterns are in fact superb.
Besides, women select churidar, a type of
trouser fitted tightly at the portions like hips, thighs and ankles instead of
salwar and sometimes a collarless or mandarin-collar tunic called a kurta.
Lehenga, also known as Ghagra Choli is the
eye striking ethnic Indian women attire worn by the women living in Gujarat and
Rajasthan which are most popular as bridal attires in the urban parts of India.
Sharara, like a pant fitted till the knee
with a big flare from the knee onwards is well known to the Muslim ladies. This
item comprised of a long flowing skirt, a blouse or choli and a dupatta for covering
the head.
Worn as a symbol of modesty, dupatta, a
long rectangular, scarf-like cloth is very familiar to all over the Indian
society that is made from various fabrics, like cotton, silk, georgette,
chiffon etc.
For the men, on the other hand, kurta (like
a loose long shirt almost reaching the knees), pajama (a lightweight drawstring
trouser), dhoti, lungi (a garment worn around the waist) are the traditional
attires worn on both formal and informal occasions. Similarly, Sherwani (an
immaculately designed coat with a close body fit fastened in the front with
buttons) is supposed to be for wedding and party attire worn over a kurta and a
churidar, or khara pajama or a salwar.
Moreover, bearing a cultural trademark,
turban, a headdress consisting of long scarf-like single piece of cloth, donned
around the head keeping up with a lot of dignity and honor.
Going with latest trends:
Indian clothing holding exquisite
embroidery, beadwork, and tie-dye fashions are transforming to the western
style by hands of renowned designers in recent times while traditional sarees
turn into Bollywood sarees with eye catching sophisticated layouts and designs.
The outfits have been changing just keeping
pace with the arrival of modern, innovative and classy designs, colors,
grandness, grace and elegance. Like other items, sarees have become available
with glorious snazzy and classy styles including Prints with embroidery sarees,
Printed chiffon sarees, Bangalore Silk Sarees.
Making a fashion statement, women in India
put on stylish collections of salwars kameez tailored in accordance to their
measurements in different parties. The party wears include Pink chanderi kurta
with thread and zari embroidery, Off white voil cotton kurta salwar with
matching embroidery, Maroon cotton gadhwal suit, Pink georgette kurta and
churidar, Cream chanderi anarkali suit with georgette yoke along with zari work
etc.
In the line of salwar suits, Fetching
Multihued Salwar Suit features trendy look covered the upper part of the dress
in blue and burgundy made attractive with sequins, zari and resham embroidery
work in floral designs. The sleeves take in olive green with foil print work on
it while hemline and sleeve ends show deep red color printed frill edging.
Md. Asraful Alam
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