tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14986955509246559312011-08-16T00:22:34.338+05:00Pakistan's first online BotiqueHafsa Malikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03589792036833452365noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498695550924655931.post-42929558958782906762010-11-17T23:47:00.002+05:002010-11-18T01:01:26.730+05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O3z7eCmJHWY/TOQjC6asKdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/6xJP_OvHACQ/s1600/39743_10150225316060372_596690371_14203134_7840166_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O3z7eCmJHWY/TOQjC6asKdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/6xJP_OvHACQ/s640/39743_10150225316060372_596690371_14203134_7840166_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br /><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O3z7eCmJHWY/TOQjGDJApyI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/2Av-AFq9HYI/s320/40811_10150225321430372_596690371_14203360_3259025_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><br />A&nbsp;<b>kurta</b>&nbsp;(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>: कुरता,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Persian language">Persian</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>:&nbsp;<b>کُرتا</b>,&nbsp;<small>pronounced&nbsp;</small><span class="IPA" style="font-family: 'Gentium Plus', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'Charis SIL', 'Doulos SIL', 'DejaVu Sans', Code2000, 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Chrysanthi Unicode';" title="Pronunciation in IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Hindi_and_Urdu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:IPA for Hindi and Urdu">[ˈkʊrta]</a></span>; also&nbsp;<b>kurti</b>&nbsp;for a shorter version) is a traditional item of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Clothing">clothing</a>&nbsp;worn in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. It is a loose shirt falling either just above or somewhere below the knees of the wearer, and is worn by both men and women. They were traditionally worn with loose-fitting&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paijama" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Paijama">paijama</a>&nbsp;(<i>kurta-paijama</i>), loose-fitting&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwar_Kameez" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Salwar Kameez">salwars</a>, tight-fitting&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churidar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Churidar">churidars</a>, or wrapped-around&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoti" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Dhoti">dhotis</a>;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OED89_0-0" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurta#cite_note-OED89-0" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;but are now also worn with<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeans" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Jeans">jeans</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kurtis-jeans_1-0" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurta#cite_note-kurtis-jeans-1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;Kurtas are worn both as casual everyday wear and as formal dress.</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1498695550924655931-4292955895878290676?l=hmdesigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hafsa Malikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03589792036833452365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1498695550924655931.post-58482878047500245082010-11-17T23:35:00.001+05:002010-11-17T23:35:51.697+05:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1498695550924655931-5848287804750024508?l=hmdesigns.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hafsa Malikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03589792036833452365noreply@blogger.com0