Hello peeps!
I have a wedding coming up and am going to Pakistan to do some clothes shopping. All the fashion magazines that I have looked at recently including Pakistani celeb instagram accounts have gorgeous outfits - minus the duppatta.
Is duppatta no longer in trend? Do you wear one at wedding ceremonies? Have the tailors started charging extra for stitching these?
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Not so sure, to be honest with all of these homosexual designs for menswear i can see there being a real demand. My cousin tried very hard to get me to buy a suit from his Darzi. I outright refused and he ended up buying one with weird designs around the ankles and wrists. I bought a nice salwar kameez for a few hundred rupees (he paid a few thousand). At the wedding alot of people complimented me on my clothes and i overheard an aunt of mine ask him where his ‘dupatta’ was! 
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I guess it depends on your social circle and, to some degree, what you are comfortable with.
I’m the type of person that doesn’t blindly follow whatever is “in trend”. It has to comply with my own ideas or I simply will not follow and stick to a classic style that never goes “out of trend”. 
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It has to have a duppatta. That's our culture. Ridiculous amount of westernisation
Do these idiots realise you can be modern without being western?
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Funny indeed. Was it a mehndi ceremony? Or was he too blinged out? A simply Shalwar kamiz can look very refined and sophisticated.
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You are very wise Munza. Thanks for your input.
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Thats true nadz123. But is there a difference between a dupatta casually draped around the neck or the crook of arm vs none whatsoever?
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who cares if ppl arent wearing it. i love wearing mine and i wear it to cover up.
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Hello peeps!
I can't imagine wearing a salwaar kamize with no duputta. It is usually the dupatta that adds beauty and makes the suit.
I have seen the no dupatta trend though and I am not a fan.
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Very rarely does an asian outfit look nice without a dupatta, really depends on the style. Personally I feel like the outfit is incomplete without one, I wear a separate one from my hijab scarf. I've only worn outfits without a dupatta a couple of times and it looked fine, but felt a bit weird
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The only time I go without a dupatta is the outfit is one of those coat wala styles, I have 2-3 coat/jacket shalwar kameezes that don't really need a dupatta IMO.
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Depends on your family and social circle. I did buy some outfits from multilabel shops of some random designers and none of them have dupattas. My mother is now sorting through her thaan of dupattas to set some aside for them.
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Funny indeed. Was it a mehndi ceremony? Or was he too blinged out? A simply Shalwar kamiz can look very refined and sophisticated.
Yeah! It had alot of kadai / holes (net curtain style) on the wrist and ankle sides. I always remember the story of the king and his magnificent invisible clothes. A salwar kameez is a simple garment, sometimes people wish to make a statement but it backfires. I think extravagance is limited to women's clothing, although on occasion there are some male garments that can be tailored luxuriously. Not sure what ceremony it was, to this day i don't understand the concept of mehndi / rukhsati etc.
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The only time I go without a dupatta is the outfit is one of those coat wala styles, I have 2-3 coat/jacket shalwar kameezes that don't really need a dupatta IMO.
Yes the coat styles look so smart. A dupatta would be a bit much with those - me thinks. I saw a couple of sheer organza coat outfits. Not sure about those though.
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Depends on your family and social circle. I did buy some outfits from multilabel shops of some random designers and none of them have dupattas. My mother is now sorting through her thaan of dupattas to set some aside for them.
Ready made outfits with no dupatta? Gosh - it's costing more to wear a dupatta! :)
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Very rarely does an asian outfit look nice without a dupatta, really depends on the style. Personally I feel like the outfit is incomplete without one, I wear a separate one from my hijab scarf. I've only worn outfits without a dupatta a couple of times and it looked fine, but felt a bit weird
I guess it's a matter of personal choice. Thanks for your input.
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Just returned from Pak, no duppatta is very much the trend 
which is really unfortunate, even most of the top brands are selling shirts only (no matching duppatta)
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Yes? Where in Pakistan did you go? Can you name the brands that you visited? Is this for formal outfits or just casual?
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I was in Karachi, all the stitched stuff is very much without duppatta, you may find a small display that has a duppatta with it. SS I couldn't see a duppatta in sight!, same with Sheep, Maria B, Zeen,
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yes there is no dupatta's now.