Dress in Chakwal

Simple clothes are what the Chakwal children, men and women wear. The shalwar Kumeez (or Dhoti Kurta) is the most common dress for men. They add a sweater, coat or Dhussa to it in winter. The city dwellers and those with more education wear shirts with pants. In the winter, they add a neck tie and coat. Sometimes, young boys are seen sporting shirts and jeens.

In winter, women almost always wear a Shalwar Kameez and Dopatta. Sarhis, or western gowns, are not worn. Footwear is made up of Chappals and Sandals. The Kameez or Dopatta are heavily embroided on occasions like festivity. Depending on the occasion, and your financial situation, you can also wear ornaments in gold or silver.

Young boys will wear Kameez, a shirt with Knickers, and young girls will wear Shalwar Kameez.

Salwar kameez, the Pakistani national dress, is worn by both men and women in Pakistan’s four provinces, Sindh, Baluchistan, Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwain, and Azad Kashmir. Salwar is loose trousers, and kameez is shirts. All secretariat employees must wear the national dress since 1982. Pakistanis can wear clothes in a variety of styles and colours, including silk, chiffon and cotton.

Punjab Dresses

The dress that men, women and children of Chakwal district wear is very simple. Men generally wear shalwar qameez or dhoti kurta, a turban on special occasion, with chappals, khusas, sandals or moccasins. In the winter months they add a coat, sweater or a dhussa with it. The more educated class and the city dwellers also wear shirts with trousers, adding a coat and neck tie in the winters. Young boys can be seen wearing jeans and shirts occasionally.

Women almost invariably wear shalwar qameez with dupatta, and a woolen shawl or sweater in the winter. Saris or western dresses are never worn. Footwear consists of chappals or sandals. On occasions of festivity the Qameez and Dupatta are heavily embroidered. Ornaments of gold and silver are also worn depending on the occasion

Pakistani clothing refers to the etnic clothing that is typically worn by people in the country of Pakistan and by the people of Pakistani origin. Pakistani clothes express the culture of Pakistan, and cultures from the regions of the country. Dress in each regional culture reflect weather conditions, way of living, and distinctive style which gives it a unique identity among all cultures.

The Shalwar kameez, Achkan Sherwani , Kurta shalwar Kameez, and Sari are the national dress of Pakistan^[1][2] and is worn by men and women in all five provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan in the country and in Azad Kashmir. Shalwar refers to loose trousers and kameez refers to shirts. Since 1982, all officials working in the secretariat are required to wear the national dress.^[3]Each province has its own variant of salwar kameez such as Sindhi shalwar kameez, Punjabi shalwar kameez, Pashtun shalwar kameez, and Balochi shalwar kameez. Pakistanis wear clothes ranging from exquisite colours and designs to various types of fabric such as silk, chiffon, cotton, etc.^[4][5]

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  Pakistani dress

Men’s clothing[edit]

Men wear shalwar kameez, kurta, Pakistani Waistcoat, achkan and sherwani, churidar, or pajama. Other items of clothing include the jama and the angarkha. Headgear includes turbans, the Jinnah Cap, also called Karakul, Fez, also called Rumi Topi, and Taqiyah (cap). Peshawari chappal and Khussa are popular foot wear. Other items include traditional shawls made of Pashmina or other warm materials especially in the Northern regions of the country, mainly, usually wear the Pakol hat,

Every province has a different and unique cultural dress.

Women’s clothing[edit]

Shalwar kameez[edit]

Pakistani women wear the shalwar kameez which is worn in different styles, colours, and designs which can be decorated with different styles and designs of embroidery. The kameez can be of varying sleeve length, shirt length, and necklines. The drawers can be the straight-cut shalwar, patiala salwar, churidar, cigarette pajama, tulip trouser, samosa pajama, or simple trouser

Dupatta[edit]

The Dupatta is treated just as an accessory in current urban fashion. Most women who carry it nowadays wear it just as a decorative accessory; it’s usually worn wrapped around the neck or hanging down the shoulder. [Dupatta] is also used by some women when entering a mosque, dargah, where they cover their head with a dupatta while entering such places. It is widely worn by women in weddings and other parties out of choice and fashion. On such occasions, mostly it is wrapped around the waist, neck, or just draped on a shoulder. It is used with different embroidery designs of Kamdani and Gota.

Burqa[edit]

In Pakistan, upper and middle-class women in towns wear burqas over their normal clothes in public.^[17][18] The burqa is the most visible dress in Pakistan. It is typically a tent-like garment worn over the ordinary clothes and is made of white cotton. Many upper-class women wear a two-piece burqa which is usually black in colour but sometimes navy blue or dark red. It consists of a long cloak and a separate headpiece with a drop-down face veil. Some educated urban women no longer wear the burqa. The burqa is also not worn by rural peasant women who work in the fields.^[19] In rural areas only elite women wear burqas.^[17][18] Purdah is still common in the rural elite and urban middle class, but not among rural farmers.^[20]

Bridal dresses[edit]

Pakistani bridal dresses are known as Nikah, walima, or shadi dress. The outfit is called gharara. Shadi dress is divided by 3 pieces: a lehenga/gharara, kurti, and dupatta. They are particularly of very specific colors such as red, golden, or pink and purple.

Other traditional dresses[edit]

Pakistani women have a variety of traditional dresses in addition to the shalwar kameez but they mostly wear them on special occasions such as on weddings, engagements, mehndi, and other traditional ceremonies.

The dresses include the ghagra choli and saris which are very popular and every design and colour seems unique from the other e.g. lehenga style sari. The lehenga is another popular dress that resembles a skirt but is a traditional dress. The gharara and sharara are two similar dresses that are often worn on ceremonial occasions. Farshi Pajama is an old traditional dress which is worn occasionally. Laacha is worn in Punjab,^[21] the lower part of which resembles the dhoti.