Monday, August 30, 2010

INDIA-DRESSING STYLE

Widely worn by Indian women,the elegant sari comes in a single piece(between 5m and 9m long and 1m wide)and is ingeniously tucked and pleated in to places without pins or buttens.Worn with sari is the choli(tight fitted blouse)and a drawstring petticoat.The palloo is the part of the sari draped over the shoulder.Also commonly worn is the salwaar kammeez a traditional dress like tunic and trouser combination accompanied by a duppatta (long scarf).saris and salwar kameez come in an appealing range of fabrics,design and prices.
                Traditional attire for men includes the dhoti,and in the south lungi and the mundu are also commonly worn.the dhoti is a loose ,long loincloth pulled up between the legs.The lungi is more like a sarong,with its end usually sewn up like a tube.the mundu is like a lungi but is always white.

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