Indian fashion offers diverse types of  including the Saree, a draped strip of fabric; the Salwar Kameez, a tunic with trousers; the Lehenga Choli, a long skirt, blouse, and scarf; and the Anarkali, a flared, floor-length suit. Other popular dresses include Kurtas, which are versatile tunics, and Sharara Suits, featuring wide-legged pants. For men, traditional wear includes the Sherwani, a long coat-like garment, and Kurta Pajamas.

 

For Women

Saree:

A long strip of fabric (6-8 yards) that is draped around the body, worn with a fitted blouse called a choli. 

Salwar Kameez:

A three-piece ensemble consisting of a tunic (kameez), loose-fitting pants (salwar), and a scarf (dupatta). 

Lehenga Choli:

Also known as Ghagra Choli, this consists of a long, embroidered skirt (lehenga or ghagra), a blouse (choli), and a dupatta scarf. 

Anarkali Suit:

A dress named after a Mughal courtesan, it features a fitted bodice and a long, flowy, flared silhouette, often worn with churidar pants. 

Sharara Suit:

An outfit known for its wide, flared pants called sharara, paired with a tunic. 

Kurta/Kurti:

A versatile, collarless tunic or a shorter tunic, respectively, that can be worn in various styles and paired with different bottoms like palazzos, churidars, or jeans. 

Palazzo Suit:

A type of Salwar Kameez where the trousers are wide and flared palazzo pants. 

For Men

Sherwani: A long, coat-like garment, often made of rich fabrics, with a fitted silhouette, originally associated with royalty. 

Kurta Pajama: A simple and traditional outfit consisting of a collarless shirt (kurta) and loose-fitting pants (pajama). 

Bandhgala/Nehru Jacket Sets: Formal jacket-style attire that can be part of a complete suit. 

History of indian fashion

 History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization or earlier. Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton. India was one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BCE during the Harappan era. The remnants of the ancient Indian clothing can be found in the figurines discovered from the sites near the Indus Valley civilisation, the rock-cut sculptures, the cave paintings, and human art forms found in temples and monuments. These scriptures view the figures of human wearing clothes which can be wrapped around the body. Taking the instances of the sari, the bandana, to that of the turban and the dhoti; the traditional Indian wears were mostly tied around the body in various ways.

History of fashion

History of fashion design refers specifically to the development of the purpose and intention behind garments, shoes, accessories, and their design and construction. The modern industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with .

Fashion started when humans began wearing clothes, which were typically made from plants, animal skins and bones. Before the mid-19th century, the division between haute couture and ready-to-wear did not really exist, but the most basic pieces of female clothing were made-to-measure by dressmakers and seamstresses dealing directly with the client. Tailors made some female clothing from woollen cloth.

More is known about elite women's fashion than the dress of any other social group. Early studies of children’s fashion typically pulled from sources of folklore, cultural studies, and anthropology field-based works.One trend across centuries was that Christian people typically dressed best on Sundays for religious purposes.Another is the importance of ‘hand-me-downs,’ receiving used clothing. In addition to hand-me-downs, sharing clothing among siblings has also been a trend throughout history. Prior to the nineteenth century, European and North American children’s clothing patterns were often similar to adult’s clothing, with children dressed as miniature adults. Textiles have also always been a major part of any fashion as textiles could express the wearer's wealth.

From the late nineteenth century onwards, clothing was increasingly inspired by fashion plates, especially from Paris, which were circulated throughout Europe and eagerly anticipated in the regional areas. Dressmakers would then interpret these images. The origin of these designs lay in the clothing created by the most fashionable figures, typically those at court, along with their Dressmakers and tailors. Though there had been distribution of dressed dolls from France 

e since the 16th century and Abraham Bosse had produced engravings of fashion in the 1620s, the pace of change picked up in the 1780s with increased publication of French engravings illustrating the latest Paris styles, followed by fashion magazines  In Britain, The Lady's Magazine fulfilled a similar function.

In the 20th century, fashion magazines, with rotogravure, newspapers, began to include photographs and became even more influential. Throughout the world these magazines were greatly sought-after and had a profound effect on public taste. Talented illustrators – among them Paul Iribe, Georges Lepape, Erté, and George Barbier – drew attractive fashion plates for these publications, which covered the most recent developments in fashion and beauty.

Fashion

Fashion is popular aesthetic expression at a certain time and in a certain context, especially in clothing, footwear , lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle and body proportions.Whereas a trend often connotes a very specific aesthetic expression, and often lasting shorter than a season, fashion is a distinctive and industry-supported expression traditionally tied to the fashion season and collections.Style is an expression that lasts over many seasons and is often connected to cultural movements and social markers, symbols, class and culture (ex. Baroque, Rococo, etc.). According to sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, fashion connotes "the latest fashion, the latest 

Even though they are often used together, the term fashion differs from clothes and costume, where the first describes the material and technical garment, whereas the second has been relegated to special senses like fancy-dress or masquerade wear. Fashion instead describes the social and temporal system that "activates" dress as a social signifier in a certain time and context. Philosopher Giorgio Agamben connects fashion to the current intensity of the qualitative moment, to the temporal aspect the Greek called kairos, whereas clothes belong to the quantitative, to what the Greek called chronos.

Exclusive brands aspire for the label haute couture, but the term is technically limited to members of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris.

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