Friday 22 July 2011

Pattialla Salwar

Patiala Salwar

Patiala Salwar or Patiala Shalwar here is some historical background. There is a story behind this name. Patiala is a place in Punjab at North India. In ancient times, Maharaja (King) of Paliala was very famous. His dress was a pleated and baggy type salwar with long loose kameez with full sleeves. He used to wear this dress as a status symbol as King and for comfort also.
In the new modern era, the women community copied his dress and named Patiala. In Patiala Salwar Kameez, kameez is same as other traditional designs. The kameez of patiala salwar should be above knee. Due to the nature of the pleats and to show their visibility, the dress should be kept short. There is no hard and fast rule for sleeves, neck designs, front and back neckline depth and curves and cuts.
Normally the salwar of patiala salwar kameez is having a number of pleates of different styles. The fall of pleates goes back and looks like baggy with pleates. Patiala Salwar is very comfortable to wear. From top, it has belt like any other traditional salwar and a long tunnel for drawstring. The upper portion like traditional salwar is wide spread or has a big room for hips and legs movements.
In a nutshell, the Patiala Salwar Kameez is comfortable to wear like traditional salwar kameez and looks elegant and pretty.



2 comments:

  1. I have read your blog and got the ideas about the Patiala Salwar Suit. It is one of the trendiest and traditional salwar suit for ethnic wear. Thanks

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  2. Superb Article. You have shared nice information's about of Patiala Salwar suit for particular events. Thanks for sharing!

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