Friday, August 6, 2010

Ethnic clothing, Ethnic jewellery, Fabric, Wear, Wedding collections, Sherwani.

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Ethnic clothing, Ethnic jewellery, Fabric, Wear, Wedding collections.

The traditional style of clothing in India varies with age. India has diversified culture in terms of dresses. We can categorize them into following classes:

Saree::A sari or saree is a female garment in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. A sari is a wide strip of unstitched cloth that is several yards long in length that is draped over the body in various styles and i really makes the Women very attractive. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist. It can be draped around the body with pallu on the shoulder depending on the wearer's location, social status, and preference.

Lehnga-Choli-Odhani::Choli or Blouse is cut to fit tightly to the body and has short or full sleeves with a low neck. It is usually worn with a saree / lehenga / ghagra. These cholis are brightly embroidered, waist-length bare-backed or closed-backed blouses. Lehnga is resembles the gypsy skirt and usually a ceremonial dress of Indian or Pakistani women. Ghagras or lehengas are gathered ankle-length skirts secured around the waist. The attire is completed by a veil-cloth called odhni or dupatta draped across the neck or over the head.

Sherwani:: A coat-like garment buttoned in the front which reaches down to the knees or lower. Usually has embroidery or some other type of work on it. The Sherwani during the period of British India in 18th century, as a fusion of the Shalwar Kameez with the British frock coat.
It was gradually adopted by most of the Indian aristocracy, mostly Muslim, and later by the general population, as a more westernized form of traditional attire. Sherwani is very common attire of indian groom in north india.

Kurta-Pajama:: A kurta or kurti(feminine - women wear kurti) is a traditional item of clothing worn in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and all the muslims around the world prefer this.
It is a loose shirt falling either just above or somewhere below the knees of the wearer, and is worn by both men and women. It can be worn with a dhoti, loose salwar pants, churidar pants (a tight-fitting variant of the salwar), Now it is also with jeans. Kurtas are worn both as casual everyday wear and as formal dress. Mostly wear during festive or wedding celebrations..

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