Articles of category "Indian clothing"

Speaking about Indian men outfit, it is worth mentioning the fact that Indian men suit has played a significant role in the world fashion. Actually, it has happened thanks to the First Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru. He wore a hip-length jacket with stand up collar and without laps. After coming on the pages of "Vogue" Nehru jacket found its way onto a wide variety of personalities including so popular the beatles, Johnny Carson, Sammy Davis Jr., and Elton John. This originally Indian men outfit is worn by all age and both sex groups in other countries than India nowadays. It is an alternative to a suit jacket and it is often worn in official cases. Nehru jacket is considered to be a symbol of elegance.

Beautiful Indian women outfit may be spelled either "sari" or "saree". The etymology of the word "sari" is from the Sanskrit word 'sati', which means strip of cloth. This evolved into the Prakrit "sadi" and was later anglicized into "sari". Indian civilization has always placed a tremendous importance on unstitched fabrics like the sari and dhoti, which are given sacred overtones. The belief was that such a fabric was pure; perhaps because in the distant past needles of bone were used for stitching. Hence even to the present day, while attending pujas or other sacred ceremonies, the men dress up in dhotis while women wear the sari.