If you've seen sari fabric used in mainstream Western clothes (I know
it's popular for historic costumes), tell me where to buy the clothes!
What do you mean by mendhi?
What I've been seeing in Indian influences is in the "boho/gypsy/hippie"
revival imitating the fashions of the late 1960s and the 1970s. For
example, the ebay seller "hipsexychic" sells beautiful crinkle cotton
"gypsy skirts" in ombre, various colors being available. I don't know
what she has up right now, and she's not around on weekends, but anyone
who wants to see them could try searching her listings and/or emailing
her on Monday. She's by no means the only eBay seller I've seen with
"gypsy" skirts of some sort, but I've bought some of hers and know they
are lovely (though not yet how well they wash). I've also seen a lot
of embroidered kurtas/kurti/Indian tunics of varying degrees of quality,
some made in India, some commissioned by US manufacturers (I have two
great ones in medium-weight linen made [very well] in China that I
bought at a local Ross store). If anyone can tell me where to buy
really high-quality embroidered Indian kurtas for women (without mirror
work, which I hate), I'd be glad.
However, in US sales venues these skirts and tunics are all labeled as
"boho," etc., as a revival of a US/British/possibly European style. As
Western retro, in other words. I've noticed that various Indian sellers
are happy to leap on the bandwagon, but I'm not sure you could call this
a recent trend that started in India.
If this trend continues, I also expect shortly (maybe next summer) to
see the embroidered Eastern European style "peasant blouses," of the
1970s, and possibly kebayas, a 1970s trend that some people are also
trying to revive in Indonesia.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
We already have many influences making the way from India (sari
fabric, mendhi (Sp)). I think it is rather unfortunate that one mode
of dress is coming to dominate. There are so many beautiful styles of
dress out there, especially the sari.
Althea
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