The Indian clothing has a lot of specificities. It changes with the region, the social-class based
on the religion and the community and with the climate too. But, the trend is
to have a western business style to work across the country.
We are going to start with the traditional Indian clothing for women, like the saris and
lehengas which are dresses adapting to the occasion. Women can wear those indian clothes to work or
for a festive occasion. The silk is the most sophisticated material to make
elegant Indian clothing.
With Mumbai as the capital of indian clothing, like Bollywood that is one of the most fashion
launcher in India and generally in the south of Asia. In rural regions, women
are dressed in a traditional sari with differences between the periods of the
life: girls, teenagers and women can’t wear the same clothes because of the
customs.
The sari is the traditional dress of the Indian sub-continental women.
This clothing is strip of unstitched, measuring between four and nine meters
and draped over women bodies in different styles with the Nivi which is the
most popular. But there are other ways to wear a sari depending in the region
of India or South Asia you are. The common way to wear a sari is to wrap the Indian clothes around the
chest and formerly dress it over the shoulder. To wear the sari, the women have
a underskirt with short or long sleeves and halt or low neck style. The length
of this Indian clothing
is varying according to the social status of the woman or the using of the
cloth. The length of the sleeves and the neck is one of the choice for a dressy
or daily using sari.
Besides, the most current clothing Indian women wear is the salwar kameez. Those Indian
clothes are composed in two parts: the salwar which is the trousers and the
kameez which is the top or shirt. We can call it Punjabi suit or Churidaar in
some region of South Asia. It was at the beginning a Pakistani clothing, but
then their appearance in Bollywood movies made it popular in whole India. So,
this Indian clothing
is liked by women in the Indian world.
On the
other hand, the Indian
clothes are traditional for men too, even if the western way of wearing
is developing in South Asian countries.
The
traditional Indian
clothing for men is the kurta. It’s a long sleeves shirt, which can be
used every time with the dhoti, which is a draped cloth that forms trousers. This style of Indian clothing is less and less dressing people
in main metropolis cities, but it is still a ceremonial cloth.
The colours
worn by men are more sober. They often wear cream, light ivory or gold, while
the women are dressed in colourful Indian clothes as orange, green or pink saris.
In conclusion, the
Indian clothes are
still fashion in the South Asian countries, but the western way of life is taking
a big part of the traditions. Now, you know more about Indian clothing.
