Re: what fabric is this?
Hello S and S: What are Pakistani fabrics? I am sorry, but I really dont know anything apart from lawns. Most of the other fabrics that you use like chiffons and silks are imported from China I suppose. Now, if you come to Indian fabrics, these are all traditional weaves and almost all of them are all handloom stuff and take days together to produce a few meters of these fabrics. Every state in India has its own weaving patterns and these are not recent inventions or creations. These weaves were a part of your tradition too abt 65 yrs ago.
The design of the outfit that Eastern put up is definitely bad and gaudy but I wonder if the fabrics are to be blamed for this. If you or any other outfit maker wants to take it as a challenge, you should probably procure these fabrics and design it your way. Using the word “cheap” when you haven’t touched/worn that fabric is a little cheap thing to do IMO.
As a matter of fact, if Pakistan can invest in handloom and block printing industry in a big way, it will provide employment to thousands (if not millions) of people and the perennial loadshedding problem will not really be a hindrance anymore.
Thanks!