Fashion Poncho Shawl Jacquard Designs

Poncho Shawl in paisley design wool fabric are designed to serve twin purposes - keeping the body warm, and looking elegant. The fabric used is the same that is used for making a very popular shawl in India known as Jamawar. This fabric is 100% wool and has beautiful woven designs (jacquard). The designs have been borrowed from classic paisleys. Thus extensive use is made of designs inspired by leaves, flowers and fruits found in India. Another distinctive aspect of these wool ponchos is that they never give itching sensation to the skin. These wool ponchos are meant to be worn in mildly cold weather. Since these ponchos are light weight, they do not hang heavily on the shoulders. No other dress matches wool ponchos when it comes to experiencing warmth, elegance and comfort all at once.

Ethnic Zari (Floral) Embroidery of Kashmir India

The Kashmir valley, now a war torn region, used to be a natural paradise. Full of flowers and maple trees, this northern region of India has some of the most exquisite craft work. Check out the floral embroidery from Kashmir on  shawls scarves. But shawls are the most popular embroidered item in cool Kashmir. Some are embroidered with such skill that the pattern appears perfectly on both sides of the shawl. These are called 'dorakkhas'. Kashmir Shawl have unique charm. Floral patterns in multi color are embroidered on solid color wool fabric. This makes the shawls very colorful, yet never too loud. Thus aesthetically, these are perhaps the finest looking shawls made in India. Women of all ages, young and old, love to wear them.
Kashmir valley, a natural paradise, full of flowers and maple trees, produces the best hand embroidery work. Artisans draw inspirations from the beautiful nature around. The boteh (flower) or ambia (mango) motifs are the most favored one of the Kashmir designers. The colors used are those of the flowers of the valley. An emphasis on pastel and white shades on a white background is always preferred. Fine embroidery work is done in shades discreetly blending with the background shades. Very seldom one finds a combination of more than two embroidery styles on one object. The stitches are so typical of the region that they are frequently termed as the Kashmiri Stitch. Kashmiri embroidery is remarkable for the skilled execution of a single stitch rather than the elaborate quality of the stitch itself. Chain stitch, satin stitch, the slanted darn stitch, stem, herringbone or sometimes the doori or knot stitches are used.

The excellence of the needlework is most remarkable in the creation of a dorukha or a double-sided shawl. In this shawl, there is no right and wrong side. The same design is produced in different colors on both sides. The price of a shawl depends on the amount of embroidery done on it.

Shalwar Kameez Ladies Embroidered Cotton Garments

Salwar kameez (also spelled shalwar kameez or shalwar qameez) is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in Southern Asia. Salvars or shalvars are loose pajama-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow at the bottom. The kameez is a long shirt or tunic. The side seams (known as the chaak) are left open below the waist-line, which gives the wearer greater freedom of movement. It is the most common dress for men in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Kurta, Shirt, Tunic Costumes from India

Apart from the sari, ghagra and choli, another very important costume depicted in art is the kurta or the Persian shirt. These kurtas have an opening at the neck and slits on the sides. Some of the women's kurias have slits on the sides and give the impression of a four-pointed hemline. Another style of the Kurta was with a crossover flap and side openings, somewhat similar to the angarhha. The ankle-length fitted tunics appear to be of the Turanian Tartar style.

Indian Shawl Stole Wool Fabric Wrap Clothing

In India, The Kashmir shawls is known all over the world for superfine quality of wool, its intricate designs and remarkable craftsmanship, a reputation it has had for centuries. Embroidery has been develop into a fine art in Kashmir.

For most people, the word Kashmir is synonymous with the woven and embroidered shawls that have,through the centuries,become a byword for elegance and luxury all over the world.but every craft,even one as sophisticated as the Kashmir shawl, has its roots in day-to-day life;and though the evolution of design in shawls has been studied exhaustively, scholars have devoted little attention to the local village traditions of textile manufacture which provided the basic reservoir of skills to enable the shawl industry to develop as it did.

The famous pashmina shawl is an integral part of the Kashmir.these shawls are woven by Kashmiri weavers. A heavy embroidered work, raffal a fine worsted mainly used for shawls. 

In Kashmir proper, indeed, the usual conotation of tht word "homespun" to imply something rough and coarse. The cottage textile industries of Kashmir, the village weaver has at his command probably the finest hand spinning skill in the world-surpassed only by the pashmina spinners of Srinagar. The Kashmiri spinning-wheel, yender, has a traditional and unique design.