Doesn't matter. I myself am an artifact sufficiently historic to excuse all.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lavolta Press" <f...@lavoltapress.com> To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 12:57:41 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Indian? Pakistani? Not sure what it is. Marjorie, Are these historic garments, or is this an inappropriately non-historic discussion? Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com On 11/1/2012 9:15 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote: > Lauren, Thanks for the link!! > > Not a lehenga choli like those pictures. No. The top is a *tunic* and > not a choli. It's as if you were to take a Punjabi pantsuit *tunic* > and place it over the long lovely skirt from the Lehenga choli. > > I'll find time later to post the pic of me wearing it. I'm > unforgivably paleface, but the outfit is nice :) > > ==Marjorie Wilser > > On Nov 1, 2012, at 7:36 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote: > >> >> >> It's a lehenga choli. >> >> http://www.exoticindiaart.com/textiles/SalwarKameez/lehenga/ >> >> >> >> The "Punjabi pantsuit" is called a salwar kameez. The lehenga choli >> is often used for bridal wear. >> > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
