Pakistani clothing
The Shalwar kameez, Achkan, Sherwani and Kurta shalwar Kameez are the national dresses of Pakistan[1][2] and is worn by men and women in all five provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan in the country and in Azad Kashmir.
Pakistanis wear clothes ranging from exquisite colours and designs to various types of fabric such as silk, chiffon, cotton, etc.
[4][5] Men wear shalwar kameez, kurta, Pakistani Waistcoat, achkan and sherwani, churidar, or pajama.
Other items include traditional shawls made of Pashmina or other warm materials especially in the Northern regions of the country, mainly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwans usually wear the Pakol hat, Every province has a different and unique cultural dress.
[6] The material is thick cloth with a very wide shalwar to protect against the hot winds of the dry Sulaiman Range and Kharan Desert.
Pashtun dress differ according to region but usually people wear traditional Peshawari chappal[15] as footwear and a Pakol or turban as headwear.
The traditional male Pashtun dress includes the Khet partug,[16] Peshawari shalwar, and the Patke tunban.
Most women who carry it nowadays wear it just as a decorative accessory; it's usually worn wrapped around the neck or hanging down the shoulder.
In Pakistan, upper and middle-class women in towns wear burqas over their normal clothes in public.
Many upper-class women wear a two-piece burqa which is usually black in colour but sometimes navy blue or dark red.
On special occasions such as Eid more heavily embroidered iterations of the shalwar kameez are worn by Pakistani women.
The typical dress of a Baloch woman consists of a long frock and shalwar with a headscarf.
[22] Balochi women wear heavy embroidered shalwar kameez and dupatta with the embroidery utilising Shisha work.
However, in major urban cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, and Rawalpindi, on the occasion of the Rasm-e-Heena (Mendhi), men wear an embroidered Kameez in glittering colours with simple shalwar.
In Sindh the wedding clothing are usually cotton white or half white Salwar Khamis for men with white/ajrak/lungee Patko (turban), and embroidered Ajrak or Lungee (shawls) over shoulders, other extra red or pink embroidered chadar over shoulders, traditional "Morh" (Sehra), stick in one hand, "gano" wristband on other and a sword or dagger as well, the shoes are traditional Sindhi Jutti or Sandals.
The Sindhi bride wear red color heavy embroidered Lehenga Choli/Cholo as wedding dress, with two veils and a lot of jewelries and ornaments.
Since Pakistan came into being, its fashion has been historically evolved from different phases and made its unique identity.
At this time, Pakistani fashion is a combination of traditional and modern styles and it has become the cultural identification of Pakistan.
Pakistani media, Film Industry, and Internet have the biggest roles in promoting fashion in Pakistan.
