Kurta
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A kurta is a loose collarless shirt or tunic worn in many regions of South Asia, and now also worn around the world. Tracing its roots to Central Asian nomadic tunics, or upper body garments, of the l
A traditional cotton kurta with wooden cuff-links-style buttons, centre placket opening with chikan, a style of embroidery from Lucknow, India
A silk kurta worn with churidar and decorative mojari sandals.
Close up of knot-and-loop button for a kurta with opening off the left shoulder, a relic of the qaba of the Ghaznavid period.
Close up of front opening kurta with plackets and cuff links
Shalwar kameez
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Shalwar kameez is a traditional combination dress worn by men and women in South Asia, and Central Asia.
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…and women; it is traditionally collarless, though standing collars are increasingly popular. Kurtas are traditionally worn over ordinary pajamas, loose shalwars, or churidars. Among urban youth, kurtas are being increasingly worn over jeans, not only in South Asia, but also in the South Asian diaspora, both the…
Schoolgirls in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in shalwars with cuffed hems, and kameez with collars
Boys in Badakshan, Afghanistan, wearing kameez tunics, showing side seams left open below the waist
Women in the kitchen at Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, India, displaying the wide-ranging colours and designs of shalwar-kameez
Priyanka Chopra modeling an Anarkali suit.