Yesterday when i was bored n had nothing to do my mom told me to read the newspaper(as if that was going to help) but something is better than nothing. so i grabbed the You! page and started reading.. I came across this article n really liked it, it actually did make me think, not about kameez shalwar but about how westernized our fashion is..
Here is a part of the article its too long so I'll just write till the part that made me think this way..
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In The Name Of Fashion: What Has Happened To Our Good Old Shalwar Kameez?...
By Umaid Wasim
The snow leopard is a beautiful animal found in the northern areas of Pakistan. A symbolic beast for the people of the highlands, it stands on the verge of extinction. Probably it isn't fashionable anymore. Today, Pakistan's national dress for women is heading down the same road.Probably because today's women think that the 'traditional' shalwar kameez makes them look un-cool.
In my great search to find the 'perfect' shalwar kameez, this season I attended some lawn launches - but to my dismay, I didn't find anything even close to perfect!
While the kameez has turned into more of a gown, the shalwars have become either shorter (Capri), way to loose (a mix of pants and culottes) or way too tight (much like skinny jeans). More horrendous than this are the extremely loose kameez's that make women look like they are wearing colorful paper bags. Going through catalogs i also spotted various models wearing a strapless 'kameez'. It seemed like total confusion
In the name of fashion, the shalwar kameez has been given a shear towards the west. Logical thinking though says that it is fallacy. If that wasn't the case then the term ABCD (American Born Confused Desi's) wouldn't have been coined in the early part of this millennium.
I wish our designers could've spared our national dress. It's more like saying it 14th August on 14th February . Gazetted national holidays don't change so doesn't the shalwar kameez deserve a fighting chance?
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Anyway my point here is that do we really have to forget our religion to be modern? Is wearing sleeveless or strapless shirts, and Capri the only way u can be 'tagged' as modern?
the other day i was watching a fashion show with my dad n he asked me "Are these Muslims?" I laughed and said "yea". Like it was no big deal.. yea they're all wearing low back or should i say 'no' back shirts, dresses that barely reach their knees, so what? every modern person does that right?
Looking at all this I'm not surprised why our country is going to the dogs.. Since drinking alcohol, doing drugs adultery and westernized clothes have become so common and that too for Muslims, and the only time we remember Allah is when we need anything so we quickly wear a dupatta(scarf) n start praying, do you really think Allah will listen to us?
I've heard many stories about tribes that were destroyed, Allah's wrath.. Is that what's going to happen to us? If yea then I don't blame the system.
awesomeness dude! u write so well..
ReplyDeleteit does make me feel bad about my lawn post cuz nonev the pics i posted were proper kameez shalwar:p
but yea its just about bein covered up, kameez shalwar aint our islamic dress code..
Thankyou=)
ReplyDeleteIt's called back less shirts... Not low back or 'no' back =P See... I know too! :P :D
ReplyDeleteP.S. Awesome post! =)
ThankYou=) but they're called low backs too n i was criticizing em with the 'no' back part=p
ReplyDeleteVery Good Post. And you're right, system is not to be blamed, it's the people who're to be blamed.
ReplyDeleteThis is shalwar kameez, today you will also find pretty easily ads of interest based banking when there are clear verses in the Quran that whoever deals in interest is in war with ALLAAH and his Messenger Sallallahu Alayihi Wassallam, but no one seem to realize this.
It won't be a surprise if in in another 4 5 years, we'll be having front-less shirts. May ALLAAH save us from such times.
It's not what we wear, it's how we wear it. Have you seen those abayas that are tight fitted? What use are those? I would prefer not wearing such an abaya and instead decent clothes. It's time to stop fooling ourselves and opening our eyes to reality.
ReplyDelete^ Agreed..!
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