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Women's traditional clothing in India varies widely by region and includes saris, salwar kameez, and ghagra cholis. Saris are elegant, graceful pieces of cloth typically worn by wrapping one end around the waist and draping the other over the shoulder. The salwar kameez, consisting of loose pants and a long shirt, is very popular among women in northern parts of India. Traditional clothing styles are changing more in urban areas compared to rural villages.

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Women's traditional clothing in India varies widely by region and includes saris, salwar kameez, and ghagra cholis. Saris are elegant, graceful pieces of cloth typically worn by wrapping one end around the waist and draping the other over the shoulder. The salwar kameez, consisting of loose pants and a long shirt, is very popular among women in northern parts of India. Traditional clothing styles are changing more in urban areas compared to rural villages.

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Women Clothing in India varies widely and is closely related to local culture, religion and

climate.

Traditional Indian clothing for women are the saris or the salwar kameez and also Ghaghra
Cholis (Lehengas). For men, traditional clothes are the Dhoti, Lungi or Kurta.Saris are graceful
elegant clothing ones made out of silk are the most elegant and lots of people love them and have
cupboards full of highly pretty silk saris. Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is one of India's
fashion capitals. In some village parts of India, traditional clothing mostly will be worn. In
southern India the men wear long, white sheets of cloth called dhoti in north Indian languages
like Hindi, Marathi and Oriya and veshti in Tamil. Over the dhoti, men wear shirts, t-shirts, or
anything else. Women wear a sari, a long sheet of colourful cloth with patterns. This is draped
over a simple or fancy blouse. This is worn by young ladies and woman. Little girls wear a
pavada. A pavada is a long skirt worn under a blouse. Both are often daily patterned. Bindi is
part of the women's make-up. Indo-western clothing is the fusion of Western and Subcontinental
fashion. Churidar, Dupatta, Gamchha, Kurta, Mundum Neriyathum, Sherwani are among other
clothes.

Contents
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 1 Women's Clothing
 2 Modern fashion in India
 3 See also
 4 References

[edit] Women's Clothing


The traditional style of clothing in India varies with male or female distinctions. This is still
followed in the rural areas, though is changing in the urban areas. Girls before puberty wear a
long skirt (called langa/paawada in Andhra) and a short blouse, called a choli, on top of it.
Teenage girls wear half-sarees, a three piece set consisting of a langa, a choli and a stole
wrapped over it like a saree. Women usually wear full sarees.

This painting by Raja Ravi Varma depicts several traditional styles of draping the sari

A saree or sari is a female garment in the Indian subcontinent.[1] A sari is a strip of unstitched
cloth, ranging from four to nine metres in length that is draped over the body in various styles.
There are various traditional style of Sharee like Sambalpuri Saree from East, Kanchipuram from
south, Paithani from West and Banarasi from Noth. The most common style is for the sari to be
wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff.[1] The
sari is usually worn over a petticoat (ghagra has short sleeves and a low neck and is usually
cropped, and as such is particularly well-suited for wear in the sultry South Asian summers.
Cholis may be "backless" or of a halter neck style. These are usually more dressy with a lot of
embellishments such as mirrors or embroidery and may be worn on special occasions. Women in
the armed forces, when wearing a sari uniform, don a half-sleeve shirt tucked in at the waist. The
shalwar kameez is the most popular traditional dress for females. It consists of loose trousers (the
shalwar) topped by a long loose shirt (the kameez). It is often mispronounced as "punjabi suit" or
simply "shalwar" / "churidaar" in Southern India. It was introduced by the Muslims and
originates from the Islamic era or old Iranian culture. It is very common in Pakistan and
Afghanistan. It is always worn with a scarf called a dupatta, which is used to cover the head and
drawn over the busom. This dress is worn by almost every teenage girl in lieu of western clothes.
The salwar kameez is most common in the northwestern part of India. Many actresses wear the
Shalwar Kameez in Bollywood movies.

The women of Rajasthan and Gujarat often wear colorful swirling skirts called lehenga, paired
with a short bodice called a choli. If they must cover their heads, they do so with bright veils
called odhani. Popular among unmarried women other than salwar kameez are Gagra choli and
Langa oni.

[edit] Modern fashion in India


Many aspects of Western fashion have become common among Indian men, particularly in the
professional community. Horizontal stripes and plaids are common on casual business shirts,
particularly among Indians in North America. Owing to growth of women empowerment and
influence of western culture, nowadays most of the teen and adult girls in cities wear low hip
jeans, low neck tops, tight jean trousers with salwar, half trousers, sleeveless T shirts etc. Women
who hail from rural villages usually wear frocks and half sarees; boys normally wear a shirt and
pants, whether formally or casually.

The most accepted formal dressing for couples in formal occasions like parties and weddings is
saree for the ladies and formal pants and shirts with suits in the winter for the men. While one is
utterly ethnic and Indian the latter is very western and out of India.

[edit] See also

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