Indian fashion mastered the art of adorning beautiful fabric to enhance the flare to any outfit. The traditional oversized scarves are known as Dupattas and are commonly worn with the dress, Indian salwar kameez.
Salwar refers to the pleated pants with drawstring in the Indian style and Kameez refers to the tunic top. The traditional women dupatta come in 44 “x 100” wide and long. However, the women dupatta can be worn comfortably in countless ways.
Conversely, the common style of draping the dupatta is by allowing it cascading down from the shoulder or also equally draping over both shoulders such that the ends fall at the back.
The dupatta is generously available in cotton fabric and adapting it is easy on the sarongs or wraps. This fabric can be used for wind sashes, re-usable gift wrap, table clothes and also for other countless whimsical and decorative ideas.
The traditional women dupatta has come to the fashionable scarf. The Indian dress as well as the western style fashion gives a great feel and the magic of these gorgeous dresses makes everyone spellbound during occasions.
The actual name of this women dupatta is Odhani meaning covering in Indian language. This is a simple transparent veil like cloth used to cover the head or neck regions of the women body.
This odhani refers to a simple lengthy printed cloth measuring to one and a half or two reaching down to the back around the shoulder. This is also available in plain and embellished designs. Though, this is traditional, it is even today the stylish and attractive accessory.
There are stylish women dupatta available that makes even a simple salwar kurta very graceful. These stylish women dupatta is embellished and very well designed with dramatic border.
Very recently, the dupatta is used with pants and skirts also creating a unique dressing outfit. Invasion of clothing leads to changing patterns and some dresses find success easily. The dupatta is available in excellent qualities such as chiffon, silk or cotton. Wearing fascinating dupatta brings tantalizing glimpses.
The dupatta is not considered as mere clothing to be draped and hence the tanchoi work and the organza dupatta are very famous. The work done on the dupatta takes a big time as the dupatta is a thin veil like material and such ornamented dupatta is worn during specials occasions such as wedding.
The selection of dupatta displays the attitude and the market places in India are filled with various collections of dupatta in infinite colors and fabrics. The dupatta is also available in mix colors and spread over designs that look very grand on plain dresses. |
