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Indo-Western Salwar Kameez; Combination of East and West


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Salwar kameez suits with what ever body structure you have, whether you are skinny, tall or short, plump. This is a dress for the Punjabi’s but that does not mean that only the Punjabi girls only can use this dress. It is actually very much popular across the world. Even in the foreign countries you will find a wide collection of designs, colour combination and styles with the ever changing personality of Indian women.

Both the young and the old Indian Women are going for the western apparels. Designers are thinking of inventive ways to attract their attentions back towards the old salwar kameez. The designers have come up with the idea of indo-western salwar kameez which is the combination of western looks in the traditional garments. Some unique look gives this fusion of the east and west a contemporary. This dress is very stylish and very comfortable and women are taking up this style very quickly.

The indo-western style salwar kameez is mostly a simpler and easy to manage than that of the old style. The indo-western suit gives a classy look. The unique features of this style are that they may have a sleeker looks with the dresses which are very popular in the western country. Spaghetti straps, deeper neck lines and sleeveless kurtas can distinguish them from the other types of kurtas. The main purpose is to look more attractive while maintaining the slightly reserved look that the salwar kameez provides. The designs of the kurtas depend on how you choose.

The indo-western salwar kameez have Indian designs and it has embroidery work with a western cut and hangings. So the designer offers a huge range of choices and can give you from day wear to night wear. These salwar kameez are adaptable enough to be worn in a casual day trip or on a special occasion.

Salwar kameez is the most popular, comfortable and widely worn dress in India. It is mostly popular among the women in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan and is often worn in Afghanistan. A salwar kameez has three parts. A salwar is a loose pajama-like trouser with legs wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The upper portions are pleated into the waist with a drawstring. The traditional salwar is very comfortable to wear and has lot of gap for free leg movements.

The kurtas or the kameez is a knee length flowing dress. The side seems to be left open. The dupattas generally completes the suit. Nowadays the dupattas are the stylish fashion accessory which is worn over the shoulder or draped around heads for cultural, pious and sensible reasons.

Anarkali Salwar kameez is certainly a very relaxed outfit especially in summer when the temperatures are rising up every body likes to wear light cotton salwar kameez. If these salwar kameez are stitched properly it gives a graceful look by which the westerns are deeply encouraged by this art of stitching. This indo-western salwar kameez gives a stylish, womanly, and elegant looks to any Indian lady.

2009
12/31
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Different Designer Blouse Styles with Indian Sarees


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Designer Blouse is the newest raging trend today. This fashion has been boosted by the hottest Bollywood trends. Off shoulders, haulter necks, tie up necklines, boat necks, noodle straps, backless are fairly haute and in vogue these days. So go hip with the most in fashion blouse designs to get that ideal look.

The altering fashion trends have led to a sea change in the wardrobe of the contemporary Indian woman. Today’s woman whether she belongs to the corporate world or is a homemaker, is far more alert of her appearance than ever before. Now willing to test with her clothes, she wants to be traditional yet stylish, saree being the best option. Today’s revamped wardrobe now consists of blouses termed as designer blouse, which attach a stroke of class to any sari and give a refined look.
The blouse or choli today has gained the same stature as the sari. The unassuming blouse or choli of the yester years has evolved from a short cut midriff baring blouse to a designer blouse, a more daring avatar which is in sync with the modern fashion trends. Sarees with attached blouses are passé as designer blouses have taken the fashion world by a gale. Blouses are no longer treated as mere ornamental garments.

Designer Blouses are made to order to provide to the individual needs of a client. These custom made designer blouses can be made in a range of colours, varying from pastels to brighter tones and soft to darker tones. Fabrics like cotton, silk, satin, georgette, crepe etc are excellent options for a designer blouse. Designer blouses have diverse neck designs and these are usually embellished with stones, aari, sequins, beads, kundan, crystals, embroideries of different kinds etc

The stylish designer blouses are halter neck, tube choli, bias cut, backless choli, tie ups, low wide neck, sphagetti, single shoulder, high choli, bustier, stringed back to name some. Different styles of designer blouses are as follows -

Halter Neck Blouse – A halter neck blouse has many variants. It can be a tie up or it can be stitched. You can effortlessly experiment with neck designs to exhibit your neck and back.

Tube Choli Blouse – Tube choli is one with no shoulders and is worn almost fitted. It can be a bustier just casing the bust or it can be of waist length. It can be of any colour or fabric.

Sphagetti Style Blouse – A sphagetti style of designer blouse is for the woman who is daring and audacious. This blouse can have noodle slim straps or just smooth strings. This blouse is a definite turn on.

Bias Cut Style Blouse – Bias cut is a fashion if you wish to appear svelte. The design when taken from the neck to the waist cut makes your upper body as well as your waist come out slimmer.

Tie Ups Style Blouse – Tie ups is ultimate if you want to make a style statement. With no button or zip this choli has lengthy straps that are tied in a knot at the lower back. They hide as much as they disclose.

Low Wide Neck Style Blouse – Low broad necked is a design of waist length fixed with a side cut and wide low neck. This design is for the woman who wants to look regal.

Single Shoulder Style Blouse – Single shoulder is a blouse with just one shoulder strap or sleeve, letting the other shoulder bare. This can be either a high waisted bustier type or it can be a plain design with front buttoning.

Backless Choli Style Blouse – Backless choli is for the women who want to look sizzling. A sure heart beat stopper, it leaves the back bare with a tiny tie up. With a very slim strip at back it makes the outfit sexier.

Stringed Back Style Blouse – Stringed back style of designer blouse as the name hints is one with strings or tie – ups of diverse shapes, sizes and fabrics. Stringed back give a most sexy appearance to saree.

High Choli Style Blouse – High choli style ends at the upper waist. This fashion is for the one who want to display the stomach and naval. A revealing neckline makes it look even better.

Bustier Designer Blouse – Bustier designer blouse supports the bust all the way to the mid waist. Its extent can fluctuate but, it looks finest when it ends just above the naval. This fashion can be worn with sleeves or without sleeves as well.

The Indian Sarees is known to be stylish but loads of praise goes to the blouse. It is the peak-a boo trait of a blouse that make it so alluring and eye-catching. It is no more just another garment that is to be worn along with the Saree. Today there are designer blouses that are given a lot of time and thought while being made. But of course even the conventional blouse adds style and grace to ones character and reflects the expression of female pride.

2009
12/21
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Kantha Embroidered Sarees from West Bengal



The Kantha Embroidery is the largely popular form of embroidery practiced by the rural women of West Bengal. The Kantha embroidery is specially done in dhoti and sarees. The thread of this craft was drawn from the borders of the used cloth. It is simple just running stitches which are made on the edges. When five to six layers of the cloth were embroidered it together forms a coverlet. The fewer layers of the cloth are used to make clothes for other purposes. The outer portion of the layers of the cloth comprises of white or light coloured clothes that make the embroidery more appreciable. It depends on the finished products which are known as Lepkantha, Sujni Kantha etc. stitch is found in the covers for mirrors, boxes, pillows etc. The entire cloth is covered with running stitches. It is also seen beautiful folk motifs, floral motifs, animal and birds figure and geometrical shapes are widely used in Kantha Embroidery sarees of Bengal. The themes are also taken from the day to day lives which are very common subjects for the embroidery. This embroidered cloth is used as stoles for women and shawls. The embroidery stitches on the cloth gives a slight wrinkled wavy effect.

The Kantha embroidered stitches can be seen on the present day garments like sarees, dupatta, shirts for men and women, bedding and other furnishing fabrics. The base fabric is used in cotton and silk. There are varieties in Kantha to provide different purposes. The designed is first traced and then it is covered with the running stitches. Kantha stitch has various designs for almost every working woman and can bring about countless inventions for any and every occasions in one’s life. The basic traditional sarees have the conventional shapes of kantha, but the trendy ones have exquisite modrn designs. There is another style of Kantha that has a border with a repeat design done in mending stitch giving it almost a weaving look. A good bit of Kantha is done in white thread on black background.

Kantha is very popular in Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India. Kantha is very popular tourist visiting spot in Bolpur or Shantiniketan, in India. The use of Kantha is a popular sarees traditionally worn by women in Bengal. Many Kantha stitch blouse are also available. Exclusive designer pure silk sarees has a Kantha stitch all over the body with a beautiful blouse attached with the pallu. Blouse piece has embroidery on the necklace and on the sleeves.

The Kantha stitch work is seen in traditional sarees and antique embroidery work of Bengal which is famous all over the world. It can also be designed with modern and contemporary design with sequins and bead work also. Ready made sarees in Kantha stitch are available in various designs and colours. The embroidered traditional sarees are hugely used by the among the Indian women as they display the sophistication and style in their design. Embroidered pure silk sarees are made in the western region and display a rich fabric tradition.

There are various ranges of crepe Kashmiri embroidered sarees that is made using high quality fabric. The sarees are very easy to wash and are maintained well.

2009
12/16
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Tussar Silk Sarees – pride of Bengal


Silk fabrics in the ancient times were meant for the powerful and rich. From the mythology tales and ancient texts we get to know that the silk fabrics were developed and cultured for the Royals. Now with the change of times anybody can buy silk products and use them without reservation. However, silk is still the most expensive and sought after fabric.


The saree is worn over a petticoat along with a blouse.The Tussar Silk is produced from the wild variety of silkworms, Antheraea mylitta or Antheraca proylei species. The fabric varies from a medium to heavy in weight. The silk is produced from a special type silkworm, which instead of mulberry feeds mostly on oak leaves. Tussar silk is spun by the worm in an oval, single-shelled cocoon, with hard, non-flossy, fine-grained shell. The cocoons are mostly grey or yellow and are compact and hard. Apart from these saris, the artisans from Bengal were adept in designing the traditional Baluchari silk sarees that are hugely popular and sough after among the women of the entire country.

Tussar silk or Kosa silk is valued for its texture and purity as it is naturally available in shades of honey, tawny, gold-pale, cream, dark beige, etc. Tussar silk saris are considered to be auspicious. The fabric comes in a range of colors and is designed with a variety of natural motifs. The tussar silk is also produced in the state of Bihar. It has been found that tussar silk fabric is of five different types, and usually with a tussar warp and mixed tussar-cotton weft, they were all tussar-cotton mixes, and four types were exported out of state.

Mixed tussar-cotton and plain tussar are the two types of tussar sari that are woven today. Plain tussar saris are popular throughout India and are made from reeled (not spun) threads. Tussar silk has some varieties that are used for various purposes by the women of India. The tussar saris like `mukta` and `sania` are famous among the Jains and the hindus respectively. Local saris are still created from mixed tussar-cotton fabric.

The Tussar Silk is back in fashion with a distinctive light weight loft and golden haze. The latest fashion statement is the Pashmina sari, which is a blend of tussar silk and wool. These Sarees are being produced in Madhya Pradesh, are a combinations of bagh printing and threadwork.

Even the Tangail Jamdani has a huge demand in all over and are also made in tussar silk. The women of Bengal normally during the pujas wear `garod` sarees with a variety of designer blouses. ‘Garod’ meaning white refers to the silk which has not been dyed. According to history, the local ‘Raja’ usually draped in these Garod saris during the important part of the festival. Silk is graded in deniers, unlike cotton, which is graded in counts. In cotton the material is thicker when the count is less. However in silk the opposite is true, lesser the denier the finer is the silk and heavier the silk when the denier is thicker. The most expensive Silk Sarees have handcrafted intricate embroidery done using golden threads and are called Zardosi. The chief varieties of silk saris are – Tussar / Kosa, Sambhalpuri, Paithani, Muga, Banarasi, Patola, Baluchori, Chanderi, and Maheshwari.

The entire weaver’s villages nestling in rural Bengal, punctuated by pukurs (ponds), among the lush green paddy fields, are engaged in creating the equivalent beauty of poetry in fabric. These weavers have made it possible to keep alive a priceless heritage of highly stylized weaving techniques. The eastern handloom industry has had its share of bumpy rides, but the Bengal handlooms have survived the ups and downs and become a household name. The exquisite brocade sarees woven from the special tussar silk are something West Bengal is renowned for. The fibers used are of fine in nature, dyed in colors made from natural materials. These saris are comfortable and light. The fabric has wrinkled and creased surface and also has a matte finish.
The brocade tussar saris have heavy ornamental designs. The ‘pallu,’ the free edge of the sari features jacquard designs. The classic Bengali motif with a Mughal touch is used in the sari is the classic.

Today sari is not the only thing silk is resgtricted to. A variety of men’s and ladies’ like dhoties, dupattas, scarfs, turbans, garments, fabrics, caps, handkerchiefs, shawls, ghagras or lehengas, and even bedcover, cushions, curtains and quilts are being made of silk.

2009
12/14
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Satin Lehnga Choli: a silken touch to traditional attire


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Indian Lehenga choli has traveled an extensive way from the royal courts of Mughal Empire to a preferential dress of Indian women for all kinds of formal occasions. It is fascinating to know about lehenga history, which says that it is worn by women since Mughal era. At that time it was considered as a dress that had the ability to decorate Indian beauty in the most self-effacing way. Even today, the quintessence of Mughal culture is very much intact and is portrayed in conventional Mughal designs.

Through history, the lehenga has undergone very modest alterations. In fact even today leading manufacturers do not fail to lift traditional patterns form the golden Mughal era. The ensemble still comprises a conventional long skirt, the choli and the dupatta. The fabrics used to make the lehenga are in fact the same as those used under the grand Mughal King, Akbar i.e. silks, satins and brocades.
Satin has a lush, rich and silken feel. Usually used as a lining material, satin fabric is also used to make Indian dresses. Indian satin lehenga cholis have become very trendy since satin is versatile and can carry substantial embroidery weight. Satin lehenga choli is fundamentally worn by muslim ladies. Satin ghagra cholis are generally of brilliant colours, especially red and maroon, which are very common.
Satin Fabric
Satin is a cloth that characteristically has a glossy surface and a dull back. A satin is a warp dominated weaving technique that forms a minimum number of interlacing in a fabric. If a fabric is formed with a satin weave using filament fibers such as silk, nylon, or polyester, the corresponding fabric is termed a “satin.”
Design
Various designs available on satin ghagras are as follows:

  • Satin ghagra with golden hand embroidery on choli.
  • Satin ghagra with golden zardozi, stones and beads embroidery all over choli and skirt.
  • Satin ghagra with beautiful resham embroidery.
  • Satin ghagra with zardozi embroidery on Choli and so on.

Whatever the design or colour of such ghagra cholis may be, the very rich and glossy feel of the fabric make satin lehenga cholis very attractive and gorgeous.
Satin lehenga is the most preferred dress during Navratri and weddings/parties as well. Due to its luster it glitters as light falls on it. Mirror work is not required on this outfit as it exudes its own sheen. This type of dress is famous all over India.. Being made up of satin fabric it is of high significance. Satin Lehanga cholis offers an incredible variety of embellishments and craftsmanship. The Satin lehanga cholis set can be worn either with or without a ‘dupatta’ which is a long thin shawl draped over the shoulders. Some of them come with weighty embroidery and loaded designs which are usually worn on special occasions. All these qualities have indeed made the Satin lehenga choli as one of the most preferential items in the women wardrobe.

2009
12/09
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Churidar Salwar Kameez – Your Wardrobe Beautification


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Churidar salwar kameez has been quite a rage among Indian women since a long time. The young and the old prefer this chic and graceful outfit even in the fast moving modern world of today. It has become the desired outfit of fashion designers for flaunting their cultural originality all around the world.

Indian ethnicity is getting global day by day in regards to Saree and Salwar Kameez. Globalization is happening all around the world in languages, in clothes and in lifestyles and is being acknowledged by the entire human race. Majority of the Indian garments are worn by people all over the world. Even foreigners are now seen draped in sarees, ghagras, suits and other such Indian dresses.

In the near future, the Churidar shalwar kameez is most likely to become the preferred choice of designers, because of its perfect blend of tradition and ethnicity. Experimentation and work on the Indian salwar kameez, the advent of which dates back to the 12th century, has widely been done in the past and is going on till today.

Earlier, wearing a shalwar kameez symbolized the humble lower middle class background of the average Indian girl. Urban Indian females didn’t find this garment as a fitting entry into their cool city lives. However, with the changing times, there has also come an alteration in the approach and outlook towards the attire. As a result of Fashions weeks and the advent of designer suits, the latest-fashion-trend tabbing youngsters are keenly wearing the Indian salwar kameez without having to be coaxed into wearing them.

Churidar salwar kameez has seen a new dawn after their rampant use by serial and film actresses of today. Women are now eagerly waiting for the newest trend in salwar kameezes being showcased and flaunted by their favorite actresses or designers. A traditional wear like the shalwar kameez is getting named after actresses of popular daily soaps, like: Prerna suits and sarees, Kumkum suits and sarees, Sadhna suits and sarees, Akshara suits and sarees, Bebo salwar kameez and so on.

In order to strengthen the beauty of the Indian salwar kameez, fashion designers are putting in loads of efforts in creating that ideal Embroidered Indian Churidar Kameez. One can view the true splendor of salwar suits in chiffon sleeves or silk kameez’s. A complimenting dupatta with beautiful tie ups gives an astonishing look to the girl of today.

The Indian Churidar kameez with traditional embroidery flaunts our Indian ingenuity. Chickan work in needlework is all the rage across India. Keeping this chic and graceful attire in the wardrobe proves the elegant fashion taste of a young India. Designers are using embellishments and graceful detailing by sequins works at the sleeves and necklines of a salwar kameez with an intention of giving a cultural look apart from adding a special elegance in them. They are working really hard to make a Churidar salwar kameez appealing and eye-catching according to the choice of young women of today.

2009
12/02
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The Complete Resource Book for Famous Indian Attire


If you are a person passionate to know more about Indian Saris and its ways of preparation methods like weaving styles and its importance, then you must refer the book “‘Indian Saris: Traditions – Perspective – Design” written and compiled by Vijay Singh Katiyar.The book was written over four and half years focusing on the Indian Sari as a product fulfilling all the aspects of people’s needs like psychological, physical and social and its unexplored relation ship with the people.

The book mainly based on old and famous attire Indian Sari was released in New Delhi on Wednesday, November 11.The goal of the writer was not only to describe the complex traditional significance art of the Indian Saree and throw light on the modernity of the Indian Saree prevailing from ages but also pay a tribute to the hardwork and genious of Master weavers of Indian.

This prestigious book on Indian Saree was released in India by Wisdom tree and the National Institute of Design at an event hosted mutually by Craft House and Chivas.The book was presented by the country known Lok Sabha member Maharani Chandresh Kumari, the volume showcase images and stunning visuals of the wide range of Indian Sari and visuals are well arranged starting from past to the modern contemporary designs acting as a complete resource to visualize the famous Indian Saree attire and know it closely then ever.

The book has already received international status because it was launched in London in the United Kingdom this year in April and this will help this famous attire of India to have a presence across the globe.

The book is available in a hardback edition and prices at 3495 INR only. The readers can also find more information on Indian Sari like design jargon and different style of draping this attire.

On this auspicious occasion, Mr Vijay Singh Katiyar conveyed his association with handloom industry as a designer and his past experiences encourage him to write this book to present the Indian Sarees to the users from a designer’s perspective and mind and showcase its nuances, benefits and added that traditional sarees design can be a key point in growth of the creative industries.

He explains further that study of the traditions has been done more from a social culture boundary but one must also understand that design and comprehensiveness are also important and play a key role in the growth of the handloom sector and paves way for its development.

The writer has already completed a book on similar theme in the past known as of ‘Design Education: Tradition and Modernity’ and has begin his work on writing a book for different draping styles of Indian Sari from its Culture, History and association point of view.

2009
12/01
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