Shalwar Kameez is a Central Asia, Afghanistan and Westerly Pakistan dress which spread into Punjab in middle of last century. Then after
1980s Indians and BD people also appropriated it. In UK every Bengali or Gujji female I saw as late as early 1980s wore Sari. Only some Indian Sikhs used Shalwar Kameez although often shalwar part was tight. Post 2000s this dress has been appropriated by all of India and BD.
@Sher Shah Awan
I was actually looking for some articles,or research. I found the following which is quite intetesting as it even includes our history but would love to get more info.:::::
Mughals were the first ones to bring the concept of salwar kameez as we know it today. The Men & Women of the Mughal Empire wore beautiful and expensive clothes made from the finest materials and adorned themselves with jewelry from head to toe.
The garments of Mughal ladies were made of the finest muslins, silks, velvets, and brocades. The muslins used for their clothes were of three types: Ab-e-Rawan (running water), Baft Hawa (woven air), and Shabnam (evening dew). Muslins called Shabnam were brought from Dacca and were famous as Dhaka malmal.
History that we know of Salwar Kameez
g3fashion.com
Wiki:
The shalwar and kameez were introduced into South Asia by
arriving Muslims in the north in the 13th century: at first worn by Muslim women, their use gradually spread, making them a regional style,
[18][19][20] especially in the historical
Punjab region.
[17][21][22] The shalwar-kameez is a widely-worn,
[23][24] and
national dress,
[25] of Pakistan. It is also widely worn by men in Afghanistan,
[26] by women and some men in the Punjab region of India, from which it has been adopted by women throughout India,
[27] and more generally
South Asia.
[28]
