PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND APPLICATION

Lesson 15: Textile Designs for Apparels: Saris and Dress Materials

Designs and colours of the dresses preferred by different groups

		Formal wear	Informal wear	Occasional wear
Men’s wear	Designs/patterns	Plains, stripes, check, plaids, gabardine, twills, dobby patterns	Plain, printed, knitted, calligraphic prints	Printed, self designs, extra figuring, brocades, machine embroidered designs especially small motifs.
	Colours	Tints and shades of blue, green browns and neutral colours	All most all hues and their tints and shades	All most all hues
Women’s wear	Designs/patterns	Plain, printed with varieties of patterns (mostly floral prints, all over patterns, buties, polka dots), embroidered, tie & dyed, and batik designs knitted	Knitted, stripes and checks, abstract, stylized & geometrical, figurative motifs, natural objects and motifs	Satin, jacquard patterns, extra yarn figuring, zari & sequins work, appliqué work, embroidered, all in both small and large motifs
	Colours	All most all hues and their tints and shades	Mostly bright colours like red, orange, yellow etc. But all colours are used	Mostly bright colours like red, orange, yellow etc. But all colours are used
Children’s wear	Designs/patterns	Plain, stripes, checks and printed	Printed with floral stylized, cartoon, animal and nursery prints	Jacquard, extra yarn figuring, machine embroidered & zari work
	Colours	Mostly bright colours, generally dull shades are avoided	Mostly bright colours, generally dull shades are avoided	Mostly bright colours, generally dull shades are avoided