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Girls cotton long skirts are in transition. Long lengths are making
a strong comeback. In general, long loose skirts
are selling to juniors while more constructed
styles are moving in misses. The skirt in India
is known by many different names, depending on
the regional style, the most popular, by far,
being the ghaghra. It was the flare that made the
ghaghra such a sumptuous garment and one so
captivating that it was celebrated both in poetry
and art. The ghaghra is really a long skirt,
which has the construction of a simple gathered
skirt or a flared gored skirt. It covers the legs
fully or partially, depending on the norms of
propriety among different ethnic groups, although
a long ghaghra usually relates to more
puritanical modesty. Another term used was the
lehenga, a compound of the Sanskrit words lanka
(waist) and anga (body or limb). The lehenga is
generally associated with a panelled skirt that
is narrower than the ghaghra.
Changing fashions and foreign influences probably
transformed this straight, simple garment into a
full panelled skirt. Regional differences
developed, with variations in length and the
number and shape of panels, which were eight
rectangular or triangular. The most voluminous
skirts could be made up of over 20 meters of
cloth. However, there are
no rigid definitions and the terms have found a
more generic usage. This and other styles of the
skirt are very popular in North India. |
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