India Fashion History >> The 18th Century

India Fashion History >> The 18th Century  Retrieve full  article from Priyanka's Fashion Store at www.indianfashion.biz A Historical Outline , The 16th Century , The 18th Century ,The 19th Century   Title: The 18th Century Description: The onset of the decline of the Mughal empire in the 18th century loosened, it seems, the control that the Mughal court at Delhi exercised on sartorial fashions, and it would appear as if at centers of power that were fast growing up, away from Delhi, attempts were made to assert local identities in various ways.      The onset of the decline of the Mughal empire in the 18th century loosened, it seems, the control that the Mughal court at Delhi exercised on sartorial fashions, and it would appear as if at centers of power that were fast growing up, away from Delhi, attempts were made to assert local identities in various ways. By and large, one can fairly state that during these times there is no major accent or thrust in the fashioning of new garments the emphasis seems to be on introducing variations or modifications of dresses that had been in use for a long time. At centers like Lucknow, however, a self-conscious style was sought to be evolved, a certain dandyism taking over. It is not without reason that the bankas of Lucknow, those elegant men whose lives revolved as it were around their appearance, are celebrated in the literature of the times. The old garments, the jama or the angarakha, the faiji or fatubi, the payjamah, the turban, underwent certain changes not always easy to date or describe but the cuts and appearances were changed with a careful look at the over-all effect of ensembles