Sunday, August 31, 2008

Indian Designs


Several international fashion events are being organized in India every year. Examples include India Fashion week and several yearly shows by reputed fashion designers. Another proof of growing repute of Indian fashion world is good number of Indian beauties winning world beauty competitions like Miss World and Miss Universe. Most of them have won on sheer strength of Indian fashion and its uniqueness. Famous Indian fashion designers are; Ritu Kumar, Rohit Bal, Rina Dhaka, Muzaffar Ali, Ritu Beri, JJ Valaya, Manish Malhotra, Satya Paul, Abraham and Thakore and Tarun Tahiliani to name a few.

The range of Indian fashion clothing include, ornate clothes specifically created for wedding ceremonies to casual wear, prĂȘt lines and sports wear. Fusion of indo-western fashion has also been done with utmost delicacy and taste. Traditional embroideries like crewel, chikhan and zardosi along with conventional fabrics have been mixed with western designs and managed to carve a niche amongst fashion conscious populace.

Indian diversity also helps in providing a multiple range of clothing line for designers where they can allow their creativity to produce world class outfits. Kashmiri phiran, south Indian saree and mumdu, dhoti of Rajasthan and Gujarat, woven sarong designs of north east provide a wonderful amalgamation of fascinating dresses. Apart from these, Churiar kameez and salwar kameez, kurta-pajamas, sherwani are other formal dresses, mostly prevalent in urban India. Youngsters mostly prefer jeans, t-shirts, Bermudas, capris and other casual clothing. Indian fashion is constantly evolving and in times to come we will see more of new trends and new designs.