01-18-2007, 08:18 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shalwar Kameez (anyone know the proper origins of this dress?) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Greater Punjab (pre partiton) and Afghanistan.
Protect legs during harsh winter. Initially, local dress was Kameez/shirt and Ghagra.
Sari was considered fashionable high society girls attire in North. Even now Sari is not popular among North Indians(Punjab, Himachal, Jammu, Harayana).
I think Indian Cinema made it very popular.
<img src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Hindu_girl_karachi.jpg/170px-Hindu_girl_karachi.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Portrait of a Hindu girl from Karachi, Sind in narrow salwar & kameez. c. 1870. Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library.
Greater Punjab (pre partiton) and Afghanistan.
Protect legs during harsh winter. Initially, local dress was Kameez/shirt and Ghagra.
Sari was considered fashionable high society girls attire in North. Even now Sari is not popular among North Indians(Punjab, Himachal, Jammu, Harayana).
I think Indian Cinema made it very popular.
<img src='http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Hindu_girl_karachi.jpg/170px-Hindu_girl_karachi.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Portrait of a Hindu girl from Karachi, Sind in narrow salwar & kameez. c. 1870. Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library.