Much like the conglomeration of diversity she is in her landscape and landforms summing up so massive a space in geographically distinct and territorially significant landmarks, India is a country incorporating diversity along every strand of fiber in the canvas that makes her up in exquisite prettiness. Be it the array of simple or extravagant but delectable still food on offer or the stunning resplendence and subdued dignity flowing instead all through the length and breadth of the many attires she dons to unfurl indeed the charms of her alluring essence as a nation exuberant in encompassing within herself every single assertion even remotely stemming of life of some sort or the other, ours is a land of striking manifestation embedded in every element of exuberant existences. Exploring the diverse facets of her many a unique steeping in all facets of life and the living makes for a case in deciphering the glory seeped deep within the heart and soul of this land blessed indeed in generous entailing of fascinating beauty. And wrapping oneself around the motleyed assertion of the warping length of fabric weaving out the Indian tapestry in all intricacy across the immense diversity of its coursing the length and breadth of a as dissimilar but coherent still identity makes for one such experience more than capable of contesting at par with even the most nuanced sensibilities emerging from the fore of what spans as refined fashionable flair. For indeed it is still in the most traditional notions of wearing and dressing occurring as colorful an assertion of ethnic identity and amicable embracing of diverse distinctions that the fashion chartings entailed out of the Indian experience impresses in its appearance through asserting the sartorial sublimity it is so variably steeped in.
Perhaps the aspect of Indian clothing that so encapsulates one and all with its very vibe and grandeur is the dazzling array of colors across which it delivers its stylistic imbuing of the very ideals of life with panache. Nothing about Indian fashion can ever be bland for the sheer expanse of the color palette across which it ranges, basing its hued spawn in universal inclusivity. Thus everything from the vibrancy of the greens to the reds and the pinks and the yellows to the pleasant aesthetics conjured by the blues and the purples and the violets and the oranges find their finest expression within the massive meandering of the kaleidoscopic Indian identity in embodying the true colors of living. Not to forget even the supposed drabs of the browns or the beiges or the grays or the basic nonchalance of the whites and the blacks or the bit too pretentious shimmer of the golds and the silvers that all occupy their own shades of aura across the fashionable flamboyance and there is no denying the spectacular sight that our country turns up as when it comes to scouting out the immense nuances of style. In the very uniqueness of its vision therefore that asserts itself in manners as grand as its dwelling along the demure and that which therefore dazzles at times and mutes out in others, this very versatile spectrum of the sartorial Indian identity is what indeed bathes it in a standout streak of special sightings.
Source: Times of India
A play with the colors, tweaking even the slightest variation in shade and the most obscure difference in tinted apparentness might be what grants the fashionistic fulcrum of India an additional dimension across which it has managed to eke out its own unique identity. But deviating from the explorations of nature and seeking inward inspiration instead in the vast legacy of her many an availing of artistic splendor is also what accords our country a lineage of style sensibilities that are truly remarkable to say the least. In her devising over the ages countless techniques and modes of textile decoration whether it be in embroidery or printing or sketching or painting and so on and so forth, and each embedded in its own parlance of variation as well, sometimes regional and traditional while at other times more contemporary and derived or tapping even further into the immense potential of craftsmanship out of which entails some of the most imaginative, distinctive alleys harbouring of special styles and specific designs and intricate patterns sometimes deep in imagery or otherwise purely arousing instead of the immense appeal resident in the aesthetics, embarking on a trail that once again only emphasises the diversity across which the Indian identity seeks out its existence in all unity, the fashion expression availed out of the fabric of our all exclusive dimension isn’t only an unparalleled exploration of what sums up the style assertion of a land as myriadly magical as could be but also holds within its own a significance corroborating of the forever flowing versatility so characteristically embedded in the entire essence across which the country spins its own web of threaded musings.
And yet, even in this never-ending adage of variety that signifies every facet of life in India runs another peculiar assertion of diversity making fashion here foray into such exclusive alleys of exploration that only furthers the notion of her very revered cultural experience. Even within the vast repertoire of ethnic dresses that present a sightly rendition of the countryscape in all her tremendous talent in working out fashionable styles well in sync with the narrative out of which it necessarily emerges, there remains embedded yet another running in multeity that rounds up indeed the cosmopolitan nature of what shapes dressing styles here. Be it the most wondrous fabric of Indian fashion, unfurling as the flowing yards of the sari in immense grace and sophistication alluding as universally to specifications of style as it does in holding its dignified essence within the cultural exploration of our own, and perhaps beckoning of a stature unlike any attire ever donned or the somewhat more commonplace interpretations of the salwar and the kurta, and incorporating as well the fabrical rounding of heads in turbans and caps or the warm embrace of her globally renowned shawls and even the treading of footwear as well, the connotations of couture emerging out of the Indian exploration of it amasses such dynamics in dwelling that has it sorting out styles across all mannerisms and manifestations of donning, pertaining once again as classic tailorings from regions and states or otherwise from innovative spins on it still somehow rooted in the premise of its being. Or work out instead your own way of wearing your favorite ensemble of the Indian identity and you would still find yourself resonating across the spectrum of style in all profound prettiness by availing yourself of the legacy of the vividly versatile and classically chic fashion fusions emergent out of the style assertions of a country so fully immersed in her own ideals of indulgence across the trails of sartorial taste.
Fashion being however an exquisite expression of individualistic identity, it of course is never confined to concern merely the silhouette of the body, striving instead to assertively encompass just about every aspect of physicality and taking on therefore such assertions of adorning essence that present very prominently as jeweled identities. And even across this again universal flourish of fashion prominence, the Indian manifestation emerges again as dramatic and/ or basic as the need may be but playing out still across the essential attribute of diversity in which it is so buoyantly esteemed. Thus from ordinary jewelry types and styles of necklaces and earrings and the like to charting out instead more exclusive renditions of the style kind like bangles and bindis while venturing out as well to appear as assortment of sorts across a wide variety of necklace designs as well, some traditional enough to warrant such esteem as being associated with bridal auspiciousness, others remarkable still but even more amassing of weighted commonplaceness, sometimes typical otherwise unusual while maintaining still the immense pride of the aesthetics and flaunting still the esteemed flair of functionality, the bedecked repertoire of the Indian experience is as much confluencing in the ideas and ideals of visage and vivacity derived yet again out of a charting of styles and trends identifying indeed as fashion. Fashionable thus in its very innately Indian integrity while stylising also itself across such voguish interpretations of what signifies the fluid identity that fashion has forever been furthering its essence along, adhering to being as much a residing across the conscience as it is an unfurling across the captivating connotations of physical charm, is this knit of intricate immersions into the imaginative across which this land of so much blends and mixes crisscrosses its way to achieve the heights of what asserts as fashion in all finesse of it.
