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Neha said:

Hell, half of everything here is made in India. Case in point: The Crinkle Skirt. Why will it not die?

To add to your point, Neha – and further prove how long this ‘trend’ has lasted – during this epoch (I’m not including the time back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, back when our parents were ‘yong’ and the Beatles ruled), I easily found broom skirts -’Made In India’ of course- at Wal Mart and discount clothing stores.

By this epoch, I mean beginning about 15 years ago – and at that time, it was the odd skirt here and there…maybe you’d find a crinkle-style blouse. The skirts didn’t sell well, as I recall. They were well-stitched, lacking in the garish acoutrements, and were as close to anything you’d find in the markets of Delhi or Calcutta as you could find at the time – ie. to the expat desi eye, they actually looked desi – not inspired, or copied, or fashionable, but just…desi. (And they were called broom skirts. I seem to remember that they made a splash during a fall fashion season…witchery, go figure.)

I heartily wish the current crinkle skirt fashions to hell – please, please, please, can I have just a simple, cotton crinkle skirt with perhaps a tiny brass bell or three? le sigh I’d feel so much more like me, and less like a version of me.

I think they have khadi shirts and stuff. Non-blousey and form fitting enough. They have these short kurtas which are like shirts without too many buttons down the front.

just a flurry of thoughts to relieve my tumescence.

Commenting on SM helps with that too? Begone free Maxim subscription!

Thank you for the tip DDIG, but I do not like blowsy, loose clothes. Prefer something form fitting that does not get in the way of the moving body. When I turn, I do not want a % of me moving in the other direction. Jaggu be nimble, Jaggu be quick and dont let the bastards catch up with you.

There is no point aping the West because we just can’t compete with them.

true in one respect. india can not compete in producing technical clothing which is functional and elegant. The MEC jacket with vents, the climbing pants with the velcro fly, the parka with the drawstring lining, the silk liners – these are intelligent design and clothes that are used. The design I see is ape shit. I got uncles in Ludhiana who have been producing the same hosiery for aeons now. no change, no innovation, same old same old. I like the traditional designs though, becaues they have evolved over millenia. The new stuff is more flash and no substance. I like substance. I saw some excellent stuff from UK by a label called Uttam (surely there is an indic link thoug).