Traditional Costumes of India

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Traditional costumes of Northern Indian states_Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh. 2. Traditional costumes of Western and Central states-Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa. 3. Traditional costumes of eastern and Northeastern states-Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura. 4. Traditional costumes of Southern states-Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala. Glossary. Bibliography.

Clothes are worn by everybody. Both physical appearance and personality are modified by the clothes worn by the wearer. Costumes reflect the traditions, customs beliefs and social set up of any person.

Through this book an attempt has been made to completely tell the story of the traditional dresses of different states of India in a simple manner.

The text is a valuable tool for the students of UG and PG classes of Fashion Designing, Fashion Technology and clothing and textiles. They may take certain features from traditional dresses as source of inspiration for design development of contemporary costumes. Specialists can refer this book as a guide as it provides necessary details of the historical costumes of India.