Shalwar kameez is a South Asian dress also known as Salwar Kameez or Shalwar Qameez. Shalwar Kameez is mostly worn in Pakistan or India. Shalwar Kameez can be made of beautiful much any fabric but chiffon, cotton or silk are most commonly used.
Shalwar is typically wide that uses drawstring as belt to grasp. Top of shalwar is protected with Kameez as Kameez is generally long. In todays style Shalwar are fetching more like pants but immobile the top is shielded by Kameez. These new type of shalwar is called trouser or Capri . Modern ladies incline to have extent of their capris 4-6 inches smaller from ankle.
Dupetta is 7x5 piece of fabric with work on borders that is taken on top of kameez to cover the women.
Kameez comes in variability of shapes. Length can differ built on latest fashion inclination. In old days there was fashion of very short kameez length but today short and long lengths are used. Most of the embroidery and dense work is done on gala (chest) portion of kameez while front end of kameez is often worked on aswell. Kameez style variations based on the incident its worn on. For simple home Shalwar Kameez suit cotton or lawn fabric is used with no embroidery what so ever. Although ladies tend to select pattern on their fabric of choice.
For small to medium crowd ladies pick shalwar kameez fabric that is not lawn in its place cotton or other fabrics such as silk or chiffon. Light embroidery is regularly used on the chest and bottom front of kameez but not too heavy. Mostly hand embroidery is ideal but machine work on Shalwar Kameez is just as good these days.
For large get-together heavy arrangement work that is done by hand or heavy embroidery is used on Kameez (front and back). Heavy work on boundaries of dupetta is also used and worn with Shalwar Kamez. These types of shalwar kameez are worn in wedding ceremonies.
There are lots of new fashion designers who are coming up with new styles of shalwar kameez.
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