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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Indian Dresses 2011

India is well known for its dresses and classic fashion styles all around the world. Indian women wear traditional Indian dresses. Indian dresses are available online from these fine stores.


Salwar Kameez is a traditional dress worn both in India and Pakistan. It is the national dress in Pakistan. It is also popular among women in India. The salwar kameez or salwar suit consists of a kameez, salwar and dopatta (scraf).

In Pakistan and India, one can simply visit the local clothing store or local tailor and has a salwar kameez suit made to order. People outside India and Pakistan can order custom salwar kameez suits over the net. One can select the fabric, indicate the style features desired (type of pants, neckline style, embroidery or other decoration desired, type of sleeves, length of tunic, etc.), pays and fills out a measurement form. The prices range of salwar kameez from under $30 to $300 or above. There are also South Asian clothing stores in many larger Western cities. Some ethnic and historic sewing pattern companies sell patterns for salwar kameez, salwar, churidar, kameez, and kurta, to be purchased at fabric stores or over the net.



The traditional Indian dress is the Sari which can be worn in many ways. Underneath the sari one wears a Petticoat, a waist to floor length skirt, tied tightly at the waist by a drawstring and a Cholli ; a blouse that ends just below the bust.



Lehnga is also famous Indian dress. Extremely beautiful and suitable to all female shapes, these Lehnga dresses are often hand decorated in the traditional designs of India such as zardozi embroidery. During the period of Indian royalty, these Lehnga dress designs became legendary and were made with real gold, silver and precious stones. Just as in ancient times, these Lehnga dress suits are still hand decorated to keep it as true to tradition as possible.