Indian Fashion Trends for Women

July 14th, 2010 Author: admin

Indian Fashion Trends for Women

India is a country with various cultures and traditions. All the states have their own peculiarity, be it draping of a sari or design of their jewelry. The main types of attires which are ordinarily used by the Indian women are mentioned below.

The first is the Indian Sari. This attire is preferred by most of the women in the Indian society. Each state has its own particular style of draping the sari. A sari is a large piece of cloth which can be draped in different styles depending the state you are in and also sometimes for different occasions. It portrays grace, beauty and value of customs. Even Indian brides choose to wear Sari for their marriages.

The Indian Kurti is another famous type of attire worn by Indian youth. Women wear these knee-length or short kurtis on churidars, skirts or pants. They are available in different colors, patterns, etc. keeping women of all ages in mind. It looks ethnic as well as pretty chic. During special occasions like marriages, engagements, traditional parties, etc; women wear Lehengas. They are either embroidered heavily or have heavy work of stones, beads, etc. They look very elegant and could be a little expensive as well depending on the amount of work you require.

Indian women also prefer wearing skirts. Especially long skirts and wrap rounds are most popular in Northern India. The new emerging trend is of wearing silk skirts with big floral prints on them. Fashion for Indian women would be incomplete without Indian jewelry. Bangles, golden earrings, anklets, etc. are very much well-liked. During weddings and special traditional occasions women prefer heavy set of earrings and necklace. Another accessory without which an Indian woman is incomplete is bindi. It is put on the forehead by the women which adds zing to their attire and makes them look more Indian. Trends keep on changing on a regular basis and eventually it all depends on the way you carry it.

Is the Indian Fashion Industry Emulating the West?

July 13th, 2010 Author: admin

Thanks to the foreign traders, Indian fashion is constantly emerging and evolving. It has been observed that the Indian fashion industry generally gives so much of Indian touch to all the foreign designs that the original design is unidentifiable. Globalization of Indian economy has proved to be a boost for the Indian fashion industry. Is the Indian fashion is emulating the west? The answer would be yes up to a great extent.

There are various reasons for influence of western fashion on Indian costume industry. First one would be broad minded culture united with enriching diversities. India is a country with many cultural groups and various languages. The special feature about this is that each group has a different style and the types of dresses and costumes also differ. Indian fashion designers entwine these various trends and give them wonderful Indian touches.

Indian Fashion Industry Emulating the West Another reason can be participation and winning in various beauty pageants on International level. Recently, Indian women have won many significant international beauty pageants. Their style has influenced the Indian fashion industry greatly. The costumes worn by these Indian models are a fusion of both western and Indian wear. People follow their role models and start following what they wear and do. This automatically becomes the craze in the Indian fashion industry.

Indian movies are the most influencing aspect. People of India have a lasting impression on them by watching Indian movies. People blindly follow what the celebrities are wearing in the films. Many of the Indian movies have usage of western patterns in their costumes and this is eventually followed by the Indians. A change has also been brought in the style and lifestyle of Indian youth because of overseas education and employment opportunities available abroad. To make themselves in sync with the western culture, Indians follow the western culture and adjust themselves with the lifestyle of the foreigners.

A lot of influence of west is seen on the Indian fashion industry though it is manipulated beautifully and seem to be original designs.

Lakme Fashion Week 2010 Day – 4

July 1st, 2010 Author: admin

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Lakme Fashion Week 2010

 

Lakme Fashion Week 2010

Lakme Fashion Week 2010

Fashionable Diet to Follow this Summer

May 26th, 2010 Author: admin

There are diets one can follow over summer months and there mainly have the term light involved in them. The key is to dress light, to wear make up that is light and importantly, to follow a diet that is light, breezy and cooling. Eat well, no doubt but avoid food that is rich in oil, fat or carbohydrates that are over cooked in any way. For instance, many people enjoy a glass of lemonade in summer and this goes to show that lemonade is an apt drink for summer time. Summer months, require drinks that are light and cooling for the stomach and your system like lemonade, which is lemon juice and water mixed together.

Diet to Follow this Summer This is a great option for summer and so are natural juices and fruits, like melons, watermelons, apples, and various as well as different fruits one can have in summer time and summer months. There are mangoes that people relish and devour over summer time as this is the season for the ripest and the best of mangoes but an overdose of mangoes creates heat in the body and therefore, take control or rather have or practice as well as exercise control over how many mangoes you consume. Try and limit it to one mango a day in summer time and summer months. This is idealistic and the best way to consume mangoes without going excessive.

Fashionable diets to follow this summer are the light hearted way to eat this summer! Eat fruits, eat veges (vegetables) but eat them baked or cooked, but not fried! Eat rice and roti with lots of dals and vegetables, but do not consume excessive or overt amounts of pickle. Avoid diet or regular coca cola in excess, whether it is Pepsi or Coke or Thumbs up, they are aerated drinks, and it is ok to indulge in one or two once in a way but not regularly and not as a habit for sure. Have lemonade and lemon barley, or a fresh glass of coconut water or watermelon juice to keep cool and to substitute aerated drinks when possible. There are fresh cut salads like broccoli based ones, or sprouts and tomato based salads that are fashionable and cool for this summer for each one to follow and have as a perfect or idealistic summer fashion food diet! Try fruit salads too!

Soothing Colours for Summer

May 18th, 2010 Author: admin

Colours that are soothing for summer, in simple and clear words are the colours that are not technically very dark as the dark colours of clothing attract and invite the raysa of sunlight more than the light shades that reflect the sun rays instead of attracting them. For instance, colours like blacks and dark or navy blues are not advisable for the months and the time of summer. The months of summer will be benefitted with the clothing in material like cotton and light materials such as the same, and clothes in colours like whites and shades of peach and creams and the similar lines of colours are the best suited for the months of summer or summer time.

Soothing Colours for Summer Colours like those of the sun, light orange or shades of orange and the likes of the same, are also wonderful summer time and in the summer sun kind of colours one could wear in the day , in the form of outfits such as short or draw string trousers in light lycra or cotton trousers, pants, denims in light shades of grey or white, or light blues are good options for clothing and summer wear, and of course shorts and skirts that are cotton and light are wonderful for the months of summer time. Spaghetti tops and shirts that are in colours of pinks, light shades and keeping to light tones and tonalities are wonderfully sporty and apt for the months and the time of summer.

Summer time also does well with colours like light ones like whites, peaches and creams which are ideal summer central or summer centric methods of dressing up in the evening time in the months of summer. Summer dresses are popular from the brands like Mango, Monsoon, Guess and for the more high end variety of brands there are dresses that are super cool from brands like Moschino, Stella Mccarteney and many more to name and wear as options of summer dresses and formal or semi formal wear. There is Banana Republic and Gap to name a few good brands and reliable ones for casual wear shopping for summer. Remember, keeping cool in summer is the main thing to bear in mind. Cool make up colours like light orange shades in blush or rouge for the cheeks, light glosses in flavours of strawberry or any berry for that matter is good and light make up options for summer.


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