Indian Traditional Dressing

India is a very big country which a wide variety of culture and customs present. This country has Himalaya Mountains to its north to Arabian Sea to its south. So to suit such varying climatic conditions we could found different types of traditional clothing worn by people of India. Indian clothing has found its place even in international ramps. Here are listed some forms of traditional Indian clothings:
Saris

Sari is the most popular and favorable Indian outfit for women. It is a rectangular single piece of cloth which is of 5-6 yards in length. Usually sari is worn with blouse and petticoat. The most common style of wrapping sari is to wrap it around the waist with pleats in the front and the final length hanging down the shoulders or around the shoulder. This unstitched single piece of cloth suits all body types and enhances the body curves of women. The blouse worn with the sari could be half sleeved, sleeveless, three quarter sleeves or full sleeves. The buttons on blouse could be given in front or back as desired, also now-a-days stretchable blouses without buttons are also available. Saris generally expose the midriff and navel portion of the women.

The madisar saris worn by some Brahmin women are as long as 9 yards in length and are worn in dhoti style. Saris come in various natural and synthetic fabrics like- cotton, silk, crepe, chiffon, polyester, rayon, nylon, etc. The saris could be hand-made or machine made. Hand-made saris are quite expensive and require good maintenance whereas machine made saris are easy to maintain and are not so expensive. They could be printed or decorated by various types and forms embroideries or hand work like beads, sequence work, precious stones, golden and silver zari etc. Saris apart from India are worn in many south-east Asian countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. They are of different types of saris like banarasi, bandhani, kanjivaram, pochampalli, kantha, chanderi, baluchari, etc. to choose from.


Salwar Kameez

Salwar kameez is a two piece traditional garment of many south-east Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Salwar are loose or body hugging trousers which are tied at the waist with a string and kameez is a long shirt exceeding the ankle or shorter not exceeding the ankle length. The kameez is worn on the top of salwar. There are many patterns, cuts, designs and styles are available in salwar-kameez and it varies according to different geographical locations and climate. For example- in north part of India i.e. Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh the kameez is generally three-quarter or full sleeves with the dupatta worn on head as a scarf. The salwar is sewn in many patterns like Punjabi salwar, patiala, churidar, etc. This dress is usually accompanied by dupatta. Also it is found either in the form of ready to stitch dress materials or ready-made i.e. already stitched and finished. It comes in a great variety of fabrics to choose from, right from expensive material to cheap daily wear fabrics.