Asian Journal of Home Science

Mamta ¹, Harminder Kaur Saini ², Manideep Kaur ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN
2 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Abstract

Clothes have always fulfilled a variety of functions - be it fashion, warmth, protection and support. With the growing trend in enhancing beauty through healthy means, customers request for apparels and home textiles containing not only their original basic characteristics, such as warmth and comfort, but also ones that carry extra functions, including cleaning, perfuming, changing appearance, protection, or correction of body odors and keeping the more natural and healthier life. Cosmetotextile is a concept of releasing cosmetic ingredient to the human skin. Though the term “Cosmetotextiles” is new but it originated from Ayurveda which is an ancient medical treatise, summarizing the art of healing and is practiced in India for more than 5,000 years. The technology of Cosmetotextile is at the neonatal stage. On contact with human body and skin, Cosmetotextiles are designed to transfer an active substance for cosmetic purposes. The principle is achieved by simply imparting the cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredients into the fabric of the clothing so that with the natural movements of the body, the skin is slowly freshened, revitalized or cured according to the ingredient used.

Keywords

Ayurvastra, Cosmetic, Herb, Microencapsulation, Textile.

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Mamta ¹, Harminder Kaur Saini ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Apparel and Textile Science, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), IN

Abstract

Among different communities of India, Bagri community has unique costumes and traditions. The traditional costumes and jewellery as well as a traditional lifestyle have been adversely affected by various factors of the social change process and disappeared into the antiquity. It is significant to document this heritage for posterity and conservation of our age old rich traditions.The study could also be supportive for the Indian fashion industry as the designs, cuts and styles of Bagri costumes possibly will work as a source of inspiration for the fashion designers. The document be hold a study of Bagri community from the two states namely Punjab and Rajasthan. From Punjab, two districts namely Muktsar and Fazilka and similarly from Rajasthan two districts namely Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar were selected for the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select families having three generations of men. A total of 180 respondents comprising 45 male from each of the four selected districts were taken. The age of the 1^st generation was 65 years and above, 2^nd generation was between 45-65 years and that of the 3^rdgeneration was in the age group of 25-45 years. Data for the investigation were collected from the respondents with the help of interview schedule. The data were also collected to study the major factors responsible for change in costume pattern of Bagri community of Punjab and Rajasthan through three generations. The findings of the study revealed that costumes of Bagri males through three generations were Kurta, coat, shirt, Sherwani, Chadar, Dhoti, Pajama, pant, designer Dhoti, Potio, Topi, Pagri, Phenta and stole.

Keywords

Bagri, Costume, Community, Factor, Generation.

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