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Fashion In India

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Fashion in India: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow The Fascinating evolution of Indian fashion over the years Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………. 1 Fashion Post-independence and 1950s………………………………….. 5 Fashion in 1960………….……………………………………………………………8 Fashion in 1970………………………………………………………………………13 Fashion in 1980………………………………………………………………………15 Fashion in 1990………………………………………………………………………19 FASHION in 2000s………………………………………………………………….26 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………45 Reference list……………………………………………………………………………. Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………… 46 Fashion in India: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow The Fascinating evolution of Indian fashion …show more content…

4. Woman’s Court Costume: Silk coated gold and silver . Fashion in India is distinctly unique, in its aesthetics, systems, designers and influences. Indian Fashion is the first study of its kind to examine the social, political, global and local elements that give shape to this multifaceted centre. [footnoteRef:5] [5: Sandhu, Arti. Indian Fashion: Tradition, Innovation, Style. London: Bloomsbury, 2015.] India is a country with different Clothing, ethnicity, geography and cultural traditions of the people. India also has a great diversity in terms of weaves, fibres, colours and material of clothing. Colour codes are followed in clothing based on the religion and ritual concerned. The opulent, delicate and handcrafted Indian fashion pieces resemble the white lotus, India’s national flower. The lotus too, with its beauty, grows out of the mud, mud that remains invisible and hidden.[footnoteRef:6] [6: Kuldova, T. (2013). Fashion India. Oslo: Akademia Publ.] To understand the fashion trends in modern India, it is necessary to know the diversified and dignified fashion of old …show more content…

The jackets became popular very quickly. Till date these jackets are in huge demand. Many Celebrities like host Johnny Carson from talk show and football star Joe Namath wore Nehru jackets and it is said that singer Sammy Davis Jr. owned two hundred of them. plain cotton and wool were used as raw material in these jackets with other materials like brocade, vinyl, and sharkskin.[footnoteRef:9] [9: Encyclopedia.com. (2018). Nehru Jacket - Dictionary definition of Nehru Jacket | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary. [online] Available at:

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