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Nepal. [edit] Nepal women in sari during festival of Teej. The sari is the most commonly worn women's clothing in Nepal where a special style of sari draping is called haku patasihh. The sari is draped around the waist and a shawl is worn covering the upper half of the sari, which is used in place of a pallu.
Post-independence focus on revival of traditional textile and design led to the rise of "ethnic chic". The history of clothing in India dates back to ancient times, yet fashion is a new industry, as it was the traditional Indian clothing with regional variations, be it the sari, ghagra choli or dhoti, that remained popular until the early decades of post-independence India. [1]
Clothing in India varies with the different ethnicities, geography, climate, and cultural traditions of the people of each region of India. Historically, clothing has evolved from simple garments like kaupina, langota, achkan, lungi, sari, to rituals and dance performances. In urban areas, western clothing is common and uniformly worn by people ...
The saree is the most important tussar silk product [8] [9] although it is also used as the base material for handicrafts, furnishing fabrics, and stitched apparel. [2] With the introduction of chemical dyes, the range of available colors has increased significantly. [2] Some fashion designers use tussar silk in their creations.
Handloom saris. Handloom saris are a traditional textile art of Bangladesh and India. The production of handloom saris is important for economic development in rural India. [1] Completion of a single sari takes two to three days of work. Several regions have their own traditional styles of weaving handloom saris. [citation needed]
Ghagra choli. Ghagra choli (also known as lehenga choli and chaniya choli) is a type of ethnic clothing for women from the India, notably in the Indian states of Rajasthan, [1][2] Gujarat, [3] Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir. In Punjab, the lehenga is traditionally worn ...
Kerala sari is regarded as the cultural costume of women of the Malayali community. [2] The grace and appeal of the golden borders contrasting with the otherwise plain white mundum neryathum of Keralite women has come to symbolize Malayali women. The sari is a hot favorite during the time of Onam, not just in Kerala but in other parts of India ...
The dupattā, also called chunni, chunari, chundari, lugda, rao/rawo, gandhi, pothi and odhni is a long shawl -like scarf traditionally worn by women in the Indian subcontinent. [1] Traditionally, in India, the dupatta is part of the women's lehenga or ghagra/chaniya choli. A lehenga is a three-piece outfit which is made up of a skirt, called a ...