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The origin began in northern India. Eventually, this new fashion spread across India and the middle east. This conservative and graceful look gained world wide press coverage when Diana, Princess of Wales, wore the ensemble on her trip to India in 1996.

A Shalwar-Kameez is a type of clothing which is most popular in South Asia, typically Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, as well as Afghanistan. It's popular among, but not exclusive to, Muslims. If you've ever seen photos of people in Pakistan or Afghanistan, you'll see many people wearing a shalwar kameez; it looks like a longsleeve shirt that goes down to the knees. It's the National Dress of Pakistan.

The name literally means "pants-shirt." The word "shalwar" is of Turkish origin, signifying loose-flowing pants. The shalwar really are loose pants, baggy but tapered at the ankles. They're usually made of cotton. The waist is very big, you could probably fit 2 people in a waist that large. it looks like 200cm in circumference or a size 80 (US), but all the ones I've seen are in metric. The shalwar have some sort of drawstring to tighten the really wide waist, called a "nahla" (I've also seen "Nara" and "Izaar band"). You pull on both sides to cinch up the waist, and tie it in a knot in front, then tuck the knot under the waistband.

The kameez, which really is more of a tunic than a shirt, goes on after the pants. It's a loose-fitting garment that is a pull-over. The whole thing goes on over the head, and you then button up the collar, and the two or three buttons on the front. The kameez is long, it goes down close to the knees, with two cuts on the sides from waist to knees to provide mobility. (Recently some American T-shirts that are cut long and go past the waist have been dubbed by the uncultured as "Taliban Tees." The Taliban, as well as almost all Afghans, wear Kameezes.)

They come in all sizes, for men as well as women. A similiar woman's outfit is either a Salwar-kameez, with the loose pants, or a Churidar-kameez, where a Churidar is fitted pants with a stack of folds at the ankles. A woman often wears a matching Dupatta (scarf) or Hijab. Many men wear a kufi as well, but there are different kinds, depending on where you are, I guess. (perhaps a Dehsi can help me out here?)

The shalwar kameez came to the South-Asian Subcontinent with the Central Asian invaders who introduced stitched clothing to this region. One amusing legend is that the invaders' success was partly due to the fact that the people of the Subcontinent had to hold on to their un-stitched garb with one hand, thus having to defend their land single-handedly. Before then, everyone wore Dhotis, which are still popular today.

In Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf, the Pakistanis (and some Indians) are conspicuously visible in their National Dress; they wear the same extensively both at work places and at home. It is said that the Pakistanis have the passion for Shalwar-Kameez like the Malabaris have for their Lungis.

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