Amala
21 June 2011, 04:43 PM
Namaste,
I wear almost exclusively salvar kamiiz (aka salwar/shalwar kameez). (When it's freezing cold here, sometimes I wear jeans with a kamiiz.) I want to create my own. Does anyone here make them? Or can anyone suggest good sites for learning how? Maybe some textile resources for adding traditional prints, embroidery or appliques?
The clothing is so versatile - in cold and hot weather. It's more hygenic, too. (Keeps one dry in places that should not remain sweaty.) And it dries quickly, so one can come home at noon, change, wash and hang to dry and it will be ready in an hour or so. Ingenious! ...and so pretty too.
I wear almost exclusively salvar kamiiz (aka salwar/shalwar kameez). (When it's freezing cold here, sometimes I wear jeans with a kamiiz.) I want to create my own. Does anyone here make them? Or can anyone suggest good sites for learning how? Maybe some textile resources for adding traditional prints, embroidery or appliques?
The clothing is so versatile - in cold and hot weather. It's more hygenic, too. (Keeps one dry in places that should not remain sweaty.) And it dries quickly, so one can come home at noon, change, wash and hang to dry and it will be ready in an hour or so. Ingenious! ...and so pretty too.