For those who are unfamiliar, here are the female desi clothes that are commonly worn to these types of functions:
- shalwar kameez -- This type of clothing typically involves a long shirt, pants, and a duputta. The shirt can be short or long sleeves, and the pants can be capri, trouser, shalwar, or chooridaar pajama. For formal functions, shalwar kameez typically have kaam (beadwork).
- sari -- This type of clothing is a shirt and a long unstitched cloth that's wrapped around the woman's body. These days, women can get the "fall" (folded front area of the sari) stitched so that it's easier to put on.
- gharara -- This type of clothing is a shirt with wide-legged pants and a duputta. The pant legs are so wide that when the person wearing it is standing with her legs close together, it tends to look like a long skirt (without any division between the legs).
- lengha / sharara -- This type of clothing is a shirt with a long skirt and a duputta. As far as I'm aware, there's not much difference between a lengha and a sharara (although sharara tends to refer to a more formal dress, like that of a bride).
- pishwaaz -- I've only seen this worn a couple of times. From what I can tell, this type of clothing is a long shirt, pants, and a duputta. The shirt is quite long and loose from the hips down to somewhere between the knees and ankles. The shirt is so flowy, it looks like a long dress to me.
These are the clothing types that I know about...there may be more that are even unknown yet to me! There will be multiple wedding events on different days, which means plenty of opportunities to wear some (or all!) of these different types of clothes. I'll be relying on my desi fashion guides, my saas (mother in law) and nand (sister in law), to help me choose the styles and designs that will be in line with the latest fashions in south Asia.
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