Clothing style in India

Traditional lehenga -choli

In modern India, lehenga-choli worn as evening wear, festive, festive, dance, wedding attire. In these Indian states lehenga-choli and is traditionally used as everyday clothing. In lehenga-choli executed some Indian folk dances, such as the Dande , Hagri , bellydance .

Lehenga-choli usually consists of three parts: Lang (lehenga, Notes, Hagri) - skirt, choli - blouse, dupatta - cape. Traditional Indian lehenga initially looked like a form of an umbrella. Choosing a style and style of modern lehengi dependent fashion, religion, nationality of the Indian and destination. Length lehengi in simple Indian at different times ranged from midi to maxi. But the rich Indian woman always wore extremely long lehenga, the hem of which Cosan while walking the floor.

Traditional choli - a short blouse, tight bust, with short sleeves. Modern choli can be long-sleeved, sleeveless, on straps or bustier.

Earlier dupattu worn only with the status of Indian women. Currently dupatta - an integral part of every Indian festive costume. Moreover, the modern Indian woman dupatta used not only as a cape on his head, it, for example, cover and half-naked shoulders.

Contemporary Indian lehenga-choli sew brocade, velvet, silk or imitation silk, viscose, georgette, crepe, satin, chiffon, organza, linen or cotton with natural silk. Simple prefer Indian lehenga-choli of cotton, embroidered with floral or geometric patterns and pieces of mirrors. Indian women from wealthy families choose lehenga-choli with brocade or heavy silk, decorated with precious stones and handmade embroidery with gold and / or silver-coated threads. Indian lehenga-choli is now also decorate with beads, beads, sequins and rhinestones.

Traditionally, wedding lehenga-choli were reds. Modern wedding lehenga-choli can be absolutely any color: yellow, green, red, white and even black! For wedding ceremonies, which will take place in winter 2013 , designers offer a modern Indian outfits to choose white, red, purple, red and green hues. In the spring and summer of 2013  - pink, peach, purple and cream shades. Trend 2013  - gold.