Western Clothing Trends

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Western clothes trends
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Western clothes trends in India

• Indian clothing changed a lot throughout its
  history. Earlier when terms like stitching and
  sewing were alien to indian population people
  used to wear clothes which tied together. But
  after indus civilization a lot has changed, this
  timeline will definitely help you understand how
  clothing has evolved in india.
• 18th century to before independence That was the
  time when britishers came to india and brought a
  change in indian clothing. At this time indian
  men perefer wearing dhotis kurtas and sarres
  were the common clothing for women.
• 1960s sarees were replaced by short and
  fitted Kurtis paired with tight chudidars. This
  was the beginning of glamour and experimentation
  with clothes.
• 1970s that was the time Bollywood started
  adopting western clothing sense and started
  influencing the people to wear bell bottom pants,
  platform heels, long skirts, maxi dresses, funky
  jewellery.

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Evolution

• 1960s sarees were replaced by short and
  fitted Kurtis paired with tight chudidars. This
  was the beginning of glamour and experimentation
  with clothes.
• 1970s that was the time Bollywood started
  adopting western clothing sense and started
  influencing the people to wear bell bottom pants,
  platform heels, long skirts, maxi dresses, funky
  jewellery.
• 1980s Denims wre introduced in this period and
  designers also started experimenting with indian
  saarees making it more revealing and attractive.
• 1990sShorts, skirts, dresses, strapy tops,
  jackets, tight jeans, short and long tops with
  all different kind of sleeves were introduced.

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Current Scenario

• The current scenario however has seen the boldest
  version of all times. Westernized dressing sense
  has now become the cult clothing for indian
  people. As mostly these days people prefer
  wearing jeans, t-shirts in their daily life.
  Actually indian sarees and dhotis have just
  become the clothing to be wore on traditional
  days or on the festive occasion.

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Why people chose western clothing?

• One of the many reason why people opted for
  western clothing was the impact the britishers
  left on them about being suited up and fully
  dressed.
• Also when bollywood stars started moving towards
  westernized dressing sense, it influenced the
  indian population the most and strived them to
  adopt western style.
• Other factors include, ease of wearing jeans
  shirt, getting a relaxed feeling, and people have
  reason to match modern culture.

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Effect of Western CLothing

• The major impact of western clothing in india was
  the change in dressing sense it brought about in
  the people of India. Also it has impacted the
  clothing industry as with the introduction of
  E-Commerce retailers started moving to websites
  and selling their brands online which has proved
  them quite beneficial. The websites that majorly
  sells only western clothes are KOOVS, JABONG,
  CRAFTVILLA.

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