Sari, the Traditional Indian Fashion
Asia Fashion
Although each of 29 states in India has their own method to wear their traditional Asia Fashion, the national dress is identified as “Sari” which is attire only worn by women, including Asia Star such as Priyanka Chopra. Sari is one piece of rectangular cloth approximately five to nine meters in length, worn without using any buttons, pins or fastenings. A tightly fitted blouse known as “Choli” is worn under Sari, while the last length of Sari hanging by the shoulder called ‘Pallu’. Color, style and texture of a Sari vary from one to another. They are printed, embroidered, or embedded with stone or mirror. Sari can be made from silk, cotton or other synthetic material. Aside from its design and color, the most remarkable and fascinating feature about Sari is that it made from one single piece of clothing without being cut or tailored for a specific size, and yet it can still fit to any women. There are numerous ways of wearing sari, depend on the way of draping, while its texture and color signify age, status, occupation, region, and religion of the woman who wears it.
There are other dresses worn by Indian women beside sari such as “Kameez”, “Salwar”, “Churidar” or “Lehanga”. Kameez is long tunic worn over a loose trouser known as “Pyjama”. The tight fitted pant is called Churidar and the pleated skirt is known as Lehanga. There are also some traditional men clothing such as long top called “Kurta”, sash like cloth wrapped around waist called “Lungi” and “Dhoti”, and the collarless jacket called “Khadi”. Men pants worn under Kurta is also called Pyjama. The majority of Indian women wear Sari, while some urban women feel more comfortable wearing western clothing. Unlike the women, most of Indian men wear conventional western clothing.
There are many variations of Sari affected by both religion and region all over the country such as embroidered and mirrored Sari made from tie dye materials worn Rajasthani women or home-spun length woolen skirts draping over the Arunachal Pradesh women. Therefore, Indian clothing style is marked the numerous variations of both regional and religious.