Modern
Indian youths are experiencing dramatic cultural change in lifestyle and
fashion. Experimenting with western dresses has become a trend and if we
observe the youth culture in metropolitan cities, we see that their outfits are
very much westernized. Western dresses like Jeans, tops, T-shirts, hot-pants,
formal trousers and shirts have been their first choice. Unlike their parents
and grandparents, these young men and women are not so interested in wearing
traditional Indian ethnic wears regularly, but, they haven't rejected ethnic
clothes completely. During the festivals and special occasions, we can see
young women enjoying wearing sarees and salwar suits and men still love to wear
kurta pyjama to attend many religious ceremonies.
Recently,
it seems that fashion designers and youth icons have conciously started
promoting Indian fashion in the domestic and international market. Many
Bollywood divas and popular faces from the fashion world are being spotted
wearing a saree or salwar suit to attend parties, ceremonies and even red
carpet appearances. But, if we watch carefully, we can easily understand that
these garments worn by celebrities are unlike all those typical Indian ethnic
dresses. The designs of these costumes are influenced by western and international
fashion trends. There are lehengas that looks like a western gown, kameez that
looks like a tunic, salwar suit with jacket and jeans, sarees worn with blouses
that looks like a bikini and Sherwani that looks like an English coat or a coat
decorated with Indian embroidery and embellishments. Yes, these are Indo western dresses for women and men. In the last decade, a beautiful blend of
Indian and western clothing has become 'the in thing' and undoubtedly drawing
the attention of Indian youths by offering gorgeous look and innovative design.
For
men, indo western sherwani has become a popular wedding dress. Modern grooms
prefer to wear indo western sherwani that looks like a coat with ethnic
influence in its design. This type of sherwani is gaining popularity as an
occasional wear as well.