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Saturday, 17 September 2011

Pakistani dresses


Cotton Kameez Shalwar works as a show stealer in the hot season and has recorded itself as a maximum sellable item among the Indian wears. Cotton shalwar kameez are considered quite popular when compared as per the quality and prize. When it comes to buy cottonshalwar kameez, the variety is set in abundance. Discussing various types of shalwar kameez, we have:
                                               
Pure Cotton Kameez Salwar: A popular ask-for of the hot season and is loved by summer wardrobes. It has a quality to shrink when washed for the very first time. This type of fabric is quite cool and nice to be worn when the weather is excessively hot. Because of its quality to keep skin dry, it is preferred above all other synthetic clothes. Cotton shalwar kameezstand matchless in respect to designs, comfort, and cost. o Khadi Cotton suits:

Khadi can be defined as a fine, viscose-blended cotton. This type of cotton has quite a lot many of qualities. Khadi cotton is either taken alone or is blended with other type of fabrics too that in turn has a big role to play in manufacturing designer’s cotton shalwar kameez. Those, who prefer simplicity, prefer khadi cotton kameez shalwar in their wardrobes.

Trend of Punjabi Shalwar Kameez:

 Punjabi Suit stands synonymous to the shalwar kameez, and is recognized as a basic dress that is a popularly worn by the North Indian (Punjabi) women. It would not be wrong to say that this apparel stands as the identity to the kind of outfits assigned to the women staying in Northern States of India. Now the fame of these Punjabi Shalwar Kameez or Punjabi Suit has crossed the borders making them famous all across the globe.

No matter wherever and whenever one talks of “traditional salwar kameez”, it hints aboutPunjabi Shalwar KameezPunjabi Suit is a three-set creation having a chunni or dupatta in it. The upper part in the set is known as Kameez, whereas the lower pant style apparel is called the salwar in the set. The combination of three sums up into a complete salwar suits set.

Pakistani shalwar suits


1)  Pakistani salwar suits were initially introduced by the ancestor of Pakistanis but it has gained recognition in India as it provides subtle look to the wearer. You may get the hot looking Pakistani salwar suits in trendy styles.
·          2)  Latest salwar suits are now available with stones, moti, zari and sequins work. If you are looking for a beautifully designed dress for a wedding, you can purchase multi colored resham embroidered and boota work.
·         3) Also, the latest hand embroidered Pakistani salwar suits are available in the market on different fabric of clothes like Banarsi, Katan, Silk, Georgette and Organza.
·          4)  The popularity of salwar suits has reached the globe. Salwar suits are now available with the trendy looks and attractive designs. You can get a perfect blend of modernized and traditional wear to go perfectly with the body texture. Salwar suit is the dress which is very famous among the Pakistani women. Keeping in mind the generation gap and the changing taste of the potential buyer, the manufacturer have always come across with the new ideas.
·         5) If you are comfortable wearing only salwar kameez yet looking for a happening personality, you may get your outfit done by the latest designers. You may get your salwar kameez nicely done as per the measurement you provide during the order; this avoids any kind of misfit problems and gives the wearer an aura of confidence. Infact, the trendy Pakistani salwar suits are easily available in the market. The best suited salwar kameez with the right accessories will provide wearer look and comfort which would be envied by others.These suits come with superbly embroidered motifs of Aabla, Sequins, Aari, Zardosi and others.
·        6)  Pakistani salwar suit is renowned all over as it looks graceful on all body types. If you are looking for clothes to be purchased in a bulk quantity, the Pakistani salwar suit is the right choice. Salwar suits are easily available in the market with the mind-boggling designs as there is no shortage of the vendors. Due to the mounting competition, the vendors keep the price of the dress competitive in order to enhance the sales. This enables the buyer to find suits at cheap rates without compromising on the quality.
·       7) The popularity of Pakistani salwar kameez has reached such a stupendous height that the people from abroad prefer wearing salwar suits during their visit in Pakistan. To provide an essence of traditional look and to maintain an ever mounting popularity, the designers from Pakistan have strikingly adopted the traditions from Russia, China and Turkey.
                                                                                          


Sarees



The sari is known not only by different names in various parts of the country, but it is also conceived differently in form and structure, in usage and custom. It is a stretch of fabric that becomes long or short, wide or narrow according to who wears it and the way in which it is worn. There is infact no one type of sari.
The pleasure of wearing a sari...
The personal pleasure of draping this unstitched fluid garment over and around the body, adjusting it with little tucks and pulls to suit one's own particular form, is sensuous. It creates a picture of flowing grace that conceals as much as it reveals. Though the sari is simply a rectangular piece of fabric, it nevertheless divided into parts conceived as a form when it is finally shaped around the body. Each of the divisions has a defined purpose, distinct but completely integral to the whole.
Some facts about what the sari is...
The sari is a length of cloth measuring from about 4 to 8 meters by about 120 centimeters (13 to 26 feet by about 4 feet), which is draped around the entire body. Most of this fabric is pleated at the waist and then wound round to make a skirt or pair of trousers, with the remaining few yards swept across the upper half of the body, covering at least one shoulder and sometimes veiling the head.
An open Sari...PUNCHRA (TAIL):
The fringe edges referred to as PUNCHRA are never stitched down, They remain either free, as thread ends or they are knotted in bunches though sometimes they are braided, knotted or beaded which are called GUNTHA PUNCHRA then.
CHIR (Parting)
The chir is the inch or so which is left without any weft threads, for it is part of the finish given to the two ends of the sari. It is a technical device for stretching and adjusting, the warp and acts as a measure of the 'complete' sari.

KANIHAI PATTI (Waist-band)
The inner end-piece or kanihai patti is the most essential part of the sari with which the winding starts. It is the first anchor on the body, tild either with a knot around the waist as was the original manner or tucked into the underskirt as is common now.
AANCHRA / ANCHAR / JHELA / AANCHI / PALLO / PALLAV / PATTA / MUNH:
There is the outer end-piece known as the Pallav or Aanchra on which the drape ends in sequential winding, which is used to great advantage by the lengthening or shortening of it. The Pallav is a woman's veil of modesty or flirtation as need be.
KINAR:
The kinar or borders delineate the outer edges and are thereby crucial to the design, drape and function of the Sari. The borders mark the contours a Sari's river-like flow, over and around the body, through the pleats and along the curves, till it climbs the shoulder and falls beyond.
PETA / DEH / ZAMIN: (Midriff / Body / Ground)
The Deh or body of the sari is the mass that sculpts itself into a definite form without breaking the link between one voluminous space and the next, according to the local wearing style.
DHADI (Fold):
The Dhadi is the measure of the fold by which the sari is most efficiently packed and stored. As the first fold comes most, often at the end of the outer end-piece, the sari's length can easily be measured by the counting of the folds without unfolding it.
A Sari's Dimensions...
The actual length and width of the sari varies by region and by quality. Traditional sari dimensions are also influenced by regional and community draping styles.

History of sari


Some evidences....
  1. One of the earliest depictions of a Sari-like drape covering the entire body dates back to about 100 B.C. A north Indian terracota (Shunga period 200 - 50 B.C.) depicts a woman wearing a sari wound tightly around her entire body in the kachcha style.
  2. Sari's draping the entire body may have also been worn by various regional and ethnic groups at the turn of the first millennium ( ) A.D. Many sculptures of the Graeco - Indian Gandharan civilization (50 B.C. - A.D. 300) show a variety of different sari draping styles.
  3. Among the many gods, demi-gods and mortals depicted in the murals of the Ajanta caves (late Fifth century A.D.) in western Maharastra are two representations of women wearing saris covering the entire body.
  4. "Dhanpala describes in 927 A.D., the dress of a lady of some position as a silk sari obtained from the heavenly tree, kalpapdu pausuk."
  5. A Portuguese traveller in the early 1500's! The women wear white garments of very thin cotton or silk of bright colour, fire yards long, one part of which is girt round their below and the other part on their shoulder across their breasts in such a way that the arm and shoulder remains uncovered.
  6. It is commonly believed in India that today's obiquitous petticoat, worn under the sari, came with the Muslims in the form of the ghaghra, and the tailored choli with the British, despite the fact that blouses were often mentioned in classical Sanskrit poetry.
The sari is woven in three to four standard sizes in a given area, wherever a traditional market still survives. These lengths and widths are woven for specific age groups of girls and women.
The shortest sari has a width of 18 inches (45.72 cm) and a length of 72 inches (1.83 mts.). The longest sari has a width of 54 inches (1.37 mts) and a length of 288-360 inches (7.31 mts - 9.14 mts)
GADWAL SAREES:
Gadwal Sarees show strong design links to the silk border - Cotton body Sarees of the eastern Central Deccan. Gadwal, a small town; around 150 k.m. away from Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh makes many saree's for the main stream south Indian market.

Gadwal Sarees were traditionally woven in the interlocked-weft technique (called Kupadam or tippadamu here), often with kumbam (also called kotakomma) in the borders, and were known as a kupadam or kumbam sari. The silk border was either tassar or mulberry, and the body was often of unbleached cotton, although it may have also contained coloured cotton or silk checks. A pure silk version of this sari also existed, usually woven in bright contrasting colours such as canary yellow or lime green.

Most Gadwal Sarees are woven with interlocked - weft borders of contrasting colours. It is believed that the brocading abilities of many of the weavers in Gadwal originate from Banaras, where a local Maharaja sent their ancestors to learn brocade weaving skills. The designs, however, do not show any Banaras influences but are strongly south-east Indian in structure and aesthetic quality. They are often regarded as 'Puja ' Sarees by local women who wear them for religious and festive occassions.

The recent development in Gadwal Sarees has brought some interesting and new designs. The Sico Sari (50% cotton and 50 % silk) is of recent origin which is of great demand these days. For the Gadwal weavers, source of silk and cotton is Bangalore and they depend on Surat for pure zari.
KANCHIPURAM SAREES
Kanchipuram a famous historical and mythological village 60 km from Madras, the capital of Tamilnadu is well-known for it's rich and traditional cotton and silk sarees.

Kanchipuram has only been weaving Silk sarees for the past 150 years and specialises in a heavy silk sari woven with tightly twisted three-ply, high-denier threads using thick zari threads for supplementary - wrap and -- weft patterning. Interlocked-weft borders are common. Along with silk sarees, Kanchipuram also specialises in cotton and silk-polyster blended sarees with the demand of the current market.

Many of today's established Kanchipuram Silk weavers trained in the cultural centre of "Kalakshetra" during the 1970's producing sarees with designs that are some what 'heavy' in both style and fabric weight, with very wide bordes. Traditional motifs such as, mango, elephant, peacock, diamond, lotus, pot, creeper, flower, parrot, hen, and depiction of stories from mythology are very common in Kanchipuram sarees. Cotton sarees are ornamented with threads and some silk sarees are also woven with thread instead of pure zari.

Silk and cotton is sourced from Bangalore and Surat is the only place where zari is brought. The recent development in the designing field shows the introduction of computerised Jacquard borders in Kanchipuram silk sarees. Though the techniques and the materials are changing with the market demand; the motifs are still conventional and traditional in order to hold the custom and tradition of a Kanchipuram saree.

Kanchipuram sarees are very heavy and gorgeous sarees and are used specially for weddings in South Indian region as their traditional wedding saree.
POCHAMPALLY SAREES
There are at least 40 village's within a 70 k.m. radius of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, including Pochampalli, Koyalagudam, Puttapakka, Elanki and Chautupal where ikat textiles are woven. Here ikat weaving has become a way of life -- from child to grandparent, every family member is involved at one stage or another.

The term ikat stems from the Malay - Indonesian expression 'Mangikat' meaning to bind, knot or wind around. In principle, ikat or resist dyeing, involves the sequence of tying(or wrapping) and dyeing sections of bundled yarn to a predetermined colour schme prior to weaving. Thus the dye penetrates into the exposes section, while the tied section remain undyed. The patterns formed by this process on the yarn are then woven into fabric. The three basic forms being single ikat, where either wrap or weft threads are tied and dyed prior to weaving is combined ikat, where wrap and weft ikat may co-exist in different parts of a fabric occassionally overlapping and double ikat which is by far the most complex form. Here both wrap and weft threads are tied and dyed with such precision, that when woven threads form both axis, mesh exactly at certain points to form a complete motif or pattern.

No written document is available to as certain the origin or evolution of the ikat technique in this region. It is widely believed to have developed around the turn of this century. The oldest centre 'Chirala', situated on the rail route between Vijayawada and Madras, was once known to produce the famous cotton 'Telia Rumals' or 'Chowkas' woven in pairs admeasuring 55 to 75 c.ms. square. Characterised by their bold, geometrical motifs, in red, black and white, offset by wide single coloured borders, they were used in Indian by Fisher Folk and cowherds as loincloths, lungis or turbans. In the 1930's they were exported in large numbers to Burma, the middle east and East Africa where they were known as Asia Rumals.

In the 60's the all India handicrafts board assisted the weavers of Pochampalli to start weaving sarees. Silk weaving was also introduced by training two weavers in Banaras. Pochampalli, a small village, slowly captured the market for, ikat sarees and today the whole of Nalgonda district works on ikat weavers which can compare with the very best in single ikat wrap weaving.


Silk is brought from Bangalore and Surat is the place from where pure zari is sourced. In pochampalli most of the weavers work for the Pochampalli co-operative society and the materials are provided to them through the society itself.

Pochampalli weavers are experimenting these days with Jacquard and dobby techniques to combine it with ikat with the help of the weavers service centre, Hyderabad.

Along with the traditional parrot, elephant, diamond and flower motifs, the ikat saree designers these days are developing new and modern designs to go with the current trends of the market.

Mehndi dresses

Mehendi for long has been an essential part of marriage ceremonies in Indo-Pak sub continent. The adornement of Henna (Mehendi) on the to be bride's hands and feet are considered as essential as the beautification of bride on the big day it self. Laraib's tailoring of unique, colourful and eye catching mehndi dresses have always been well received by our customers and aspirators. Being ethnic dress experts, we bring a vougish touch to the traditional outfits and are able to offer newest styles with only th best quality. The Mehendi collection page will give you glimpses of what Laraib can offer you for your important events and occassions.

Pakistani wedding dresses


we have large collection of pakistani wedding dress available, including famous wedding dress designs from various designers.
pakistani bridal dresses collection includes pakistani bridal lenghas , shararas, saree , ghararas and ghagra choli.
recently Hsy bridal collection has been showcased at our site, with karma bridal and from NazJunaid wedding dress collection.
heavily embellished outfits are neatly crafted and our customer should be sure of ne thing that is they are getting speciality crafted outfits not something that can be made by everyone.
therefore ordering your pakistani wedding dress from indusmart gives you confidence of a brand with addition to quality of materials and craftsmanship.
our pakistani wedding dresses are made with pure materials like silk or jamavar fabric, finest embroidery materials, neat and intricate embroidery stitches and perfect tailoring. .
embroidery materials used on bridal dresses are kora, naqshi, swarovski crystals, kamdani, sequins,beads and threads. 

you would find complete range of latest pakistani bridal dresses made by famous designer bridal in pakistan in our wider product catalog.
fabrics that are used on our pakistani designer bridal dress are pure silks , jamavar dresses or jamavar/banarsi with zarri weaving.
jamavar/ banarsi fabric is weaved with either satin silk, chiffon or katan silk threads, and zarri added can be either golden or silver depending upon the design.
we also have our own dying facility where colors are added to the fabric and ensured that shades are hardened on fabric so that they dont change color when dry cleaned.
heavy Bridal dresses in pakistan are still in fashion and most are worn wedding day reception.
you can shop for our pakistani wedding dresses online and experience the difference that we offer to our customers, timely deliveries all around USA and uk.
normally pakistani bridal wear or pakistani bridal is three to four piece dress one lehnga, top, dupatta and added scarf.

after engagement bride major concern for bride is to choose her bridal dress therefore she looks around the shops or online for a perfect bridal dress.
indusmart helps its customers in NY Texas, NJ, florida, california , illinois, USA , Alberta, ontario missisuaga in canada and london, manchester, surrey, greenstreet in UK to find a perfect pakistani wedding dress for their wedding and all dresses are delivered through DHL.
for more bridal and engagement dresses in pakistan view our latest collection on our site.

Walima


Walima (Urdu: ولیمہ) is the final day of the wedding held by couple as they host their first dinner as husband and wife.without the bridegrooms parents (mother and father) this ritual can not be performed.so to make walima valid parents blessing and presence is the most important factor The groom's family specially father and mother play the important role to invites all of the bride's family and their guests to their home for a feast at their home or a marriage hall. The walima is typically the most festive event of the wedding ceremony and intends to publicize the marriage.
The bride wears a heavily decorated dress with gold jewellery provided by the groom's family. Typical colour palettes are green or pastel shades. The groom normally opts for a formal Western suit or tuxedo.

Party wear

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shalwar kameez

Shalwar kameez:Shalwar kameez is one of the most comfortable all weather outfits we have. Shalwar kameez helps keep cool on those hot sweltering days as it doesn't cling to the body. 
There's no denying the fact that the Shalwar kameez is very graceful and lends the wearer an aura of feminine charm.

You can have variety of Shalwar kameez available in countless designs, materials, sizes and to suit all pockets, the Shalwar kameez is certainly an exciting outfit. You'll have one that's just right for you. You can never go wrong with it since Shalwar kameez suits all occasions. Add to this the fact that Shalwar kameez easily available.

The Shalwar kameez is one outfit which will bring out the best in you no matter what your vital statistics. A loose kameez is the perfect camouflage for those extra layers and vertical prints produce a slimming effect. A small bust can be enhanced by embroidery at the neck or other embellishments such as wooden buttons, beads or bright yokes. So wear Shalwar kameez as a casual out fit or for any occasion. The Shalwar kameez dress will always make you look good. 


casual dresses

Casual dresses are daily routine and for home use only. But now as fashionhits every one this section is now turns towards style with simplicity. Pakistani and Indian boutiques and designers where designed the bridal dresses andformal dresses now they are also designing causal dresses with new-fangled glance. From The Trendy Style you can purchase the stitched casual dresseswith little designing and also the un-stitched suits and stitched according to your own choice