Indian Cotton Sari Chikan Embroidery Women Fashion

Chikan embroidery is a specialty of Lucknow in north India. Unique style of embroidery was developed during the Mughal period (16th to 18th century) in India. The embroidery style developed then, continue to popular today. Village women living around the city of Luknow execute the embroidery work.
Saris draping the entire body may have also been worn by various regional and ethnic groups at the turn of the first millennium.It is commonly believed in India that today's ubiquitous petticoat, worn under the sari, came with the Muslims in the form of the ghaghra, and the tailored choli with the British, despite the fact that blouses were often mentioned classical Sanskirt poetry.