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How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Sudeep
Date: March 1, 2019, 3:02 am
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Okay, I have to admit, and you might be thinking that it's the
most stupidest question one has ever asked ! ;D Well, I didn't
know that I would ever ask this question but... then I had to
::) In India, ladies(mostly the married woman) wear a specif
kind of cloth called Saree. So what's interesting about this
cloth? I was talking to a fried and she told me that she liked
Saree so much but... it took her two days to figure out how to
wear it properly ;D I too told her that it's not a piece of cake
to wear it like we wear pant and shirt. One needs time to drape
it well in a way it should be!
Have you, ladies, ever tried this Indian clothing? And do you
have any such clothing(maybe any traditional one?) which is not
that easy to wear or at least takes time to wear them properly?
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Coligno
Date: March 1, 2019, 4:31 am
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The Indian saree is in some respects quite similar to the
Scottish fèileadh (or "kilt" in English). You might be familiar
with the modern, tailored version of the kilt (fèileadh-beag or
"small kilt"), which is quite straightforward to put on, but the
original kilt (fèileadh-mòr or "great kilt") was another matter.
Made up of a length of heavy, woven woollen cloth about 4 or 5
metres long and up to a metre and a half wide, it had to be
gathered up in knee-length pleats which were then fastened
around the waist with a belt (crios), and the remaining material
draped around the body in a variety of ways (for example it
could cover the head or not, depending on the weather) and
fastened at the shoulder with a pin or brooch (prìne or dealg).
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: March 1, 2019, 5:12 am
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Wow! How interesting! Thank you so much, Sunshine and Coligno!
I've just watched a couple of youtube videos about how to drape
a saree and to be honest, they made my head hurt. No wonder it
takes the ladies ages to get dressed, even with the help of lots
of safety pins. Whatever did Indian women do before they'd been
invented?
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Nikola
Date: March 1, 2019, 6:02 am
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I've worn a saree before. I worked in Hounslow at one point,
it's a London borough that includes Heathrow Airport and the
surrounding areas where lots of Indian people live. I had many
work colleagues from India. We once decided to have an Indian
theme night out and our colleagues put sarees on us and helped
us get ready. We wouldn't have known what to do with them
otherwise. We would have probably wrapped them around our bodies
like a bath towel. It does look quite flattering once it's on.
The traditional Czech folk costume is called kroj. They vary
from region to region (sometimes even from village to village)
and consist of so many individual pieces that trying to put it
on properly can take a while. I remember finding one in my mum's
closet. I don't know if you have that kind of closet at home,
the "one we rarely open because it has bizarre, old and somewhat
precious things in". I inspected the individual pieces - shirts,
skirts, aprons that go over skirts, things that go over shirts,
things that go over the things that go over shirts, random
ribbons and strips of lace etc. I couldn't get my head around
it. Mum came and helped me put it on and about 30 minutes later,
the outfit started making sense to me.
Kroj is not something you would wear on the street these days
but you can still see them during special events in rural areas.
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Allie
Date: March 1, 2019, 6:19 am
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There are some traditional clothes according to different
regions and occasions (in the vast majority of the cases, people
DON'T dress like that on a regular basis, it's just for a party
or festival).
I don't think any would take as long as a Saree, though.
Roupa de Frevo (Pernambuco)
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Carimbó (Northern Region of the country)
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Roupa de Baiana (Bahia) - These can be worn all year long and
may take more time to dress. It's the typical clothing for a
Bazilian religion and is used in rituals or for a particular
group of people on a daily basis
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Dirndl e Lederhosen (Southern Region of the country) - Even
though they are not traditionally Brazilian, they are used in
some parts of the South (due to Germanic ancestry), particularly
at the Oktoberfest
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At first, it didn't even occur to me to mention those, but
reading the last chapter of "The Footsteps", I think I can say
that the Carnaval "clothing" can be considered typical and they
are probably the ones that take the longest to dress.
I won't link any image due to the graphic content, but you can
google it if you want.
I just have to add that, unlike what many people think, most
people would never even approach those in a lifetime. The big
parade is for tourists and the skimpy costumes (when any) are
usually for celebrities and a minority.
When regular people celebrate Carnaval (and many don't do it at
all - including me), it's a completely different thing. Some
people wear costumes, but I don't think I can call them
traditional clothes
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: March 1, 2019, 6:22 am
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Googling images for Kroj made me think of the traditional
Bavarian Dirndl, although Kroj looks a bit different and rather
more complicated. The modern zippered version of the Dirndl
(frilly blouse, dress and apron, or even all three pieces sewn
together) isn't that difficult to put on. However, the
traditional version would have consisted of a few more pieces
and also had to be tightly laced up, corset-style (in front),
which might take a while. Plus, women would have had to plait
their (long) hair, worn wound around the head.
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Chizuko hanji
Date: March 1, 2019, 8:56 am
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European clothes like kroj was very cute dresses in my picture
books when I was little. Still now I love coloring flowers
pattern.
Wearing Japanese kimono takes time and you can't wear it by
yourself if you don't know how to do it. I can't. Besides, I
don't wear Kimono except for wedding. Most of people don't wear
kimono in daily life. I wear T-shirt and jeans.
Have a look this video from 1:18 to 4:37. It's 3 min, but truly
it takes more than 20 min.
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Chizuko hanji
Date: March 1, 2019, 9:04 am
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How can I paste my kimono picture here? Which icon should I
click? I tried all of them but they didn't work.
Second thought, I gradually became embarrassed while I was
trying to paste my picture. I remembered this website was shown
in public. haha!
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Sudeep
Date: March 1, 2019, 12:47 pm
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WOW! Thanks all for sharing some of your regional wears . It was
indeed informative and interesting to know!
@Coligno, is that fèileadh-beag or "small kilt" a man-only-wear?
When I googled it, I found it worn by men mostly!
@Erik, wow! I am impressed, you have variety of clothing in your
country. I like diversity:)
@Nikola, hope it was not that odd warping and draping yourself
in Saree ;D The kroj looks nice. Thanks for the info:)
@Susanne,
--- Quote ---
> I've just watched a couple of youtube videos about how to
drape a saree and to be honest, they made my head hurt. No
wonder it takes the ladies ages to get dressed, even with the
help of lots of safety pins. Whatever did Indian women do before
they'd been invented?
--- End Quote ---
I have to ask my grandma about how they manage without safety
pin. But I think they knew well how to drape safely without
safety-pin ;D
@Chizuko, wowo!! I am indeed impressed and I think Kimono takes
much time than Saree and it is difficult to wear as well and
impossible to wear it alone as I saw in the video!!
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Re: How much time does it take you to wear your cloth?
DIR By: Allie
Date: March 1, 2019, 1:23 pm
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--- Quote from: Chizuko link ---
>
> How can I paste my kimono picture here? Which icon should I
click? I tried all of them but they didn't work.
>
> Second thought, I gradually became embarrassed while I was
trying to paste my picture. I remembered this website was shown
in public. haha!
>
--- End Quote ---
Chizuko, post your Kimono picture!
I've shared even videos here! Don't be shy!
If you want to post any kind of image here, you can't upload
them directly from your computer. They have to be on the
internet (Google Drive, Facebook or any site to upload pictures,
such as Imgur)
You open the image (right click, "Open Image in New Tab/Window)
and paste the link of the image between [img][/img] (You can
type those or click the picture symbol when you're writing a
comment)
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