The presentation is all about the fashion trend of men and women in gupta period

1. In this presentation we will study about Gupta’s –
 Female Clothing
 Jewellery
 Men’s Clothing
 Textiles
 Hairstyles

2.  In the Gupta age the finest textiles were available, printed, painted, dyed,
and richly patterned in weaves or embroidery.
 There were checks, stripes, and bird and animal motifs.
 Delicate embroidery on muslins, consisting of hundreds of different
varieties of flowers and birds.
 The brocades with floral designs from the Deccan and Paithan were like
the Jamiwar and Himru fabrics of today.
 Silk was woven in black and white check pattern especially for cushions,
which had handsome covers of gold, silver or dark colored cloth
embroidered or patterned in silver stars.

3.  Stitched garments became very popular
in this period only.
 But antariya, uttariya, and other clothes
still were in use.
 Gradually , the antariya worn by women
turned into gagri.
 Later on, various kinds of blouses
evolved.
 Women sometime wore antariya in saree
style, throwing one end of it over the
shoulder.

4. HAIRSTYLE
 Female hair is worn with a
centre parting which is covered
by a decorative ornament
attached to the mukuta at the
forehead.
 And , the jewelled braid at the
left side of the nape.
JWELLERY
 Gold or Hirana was more
commonly used than ever
before.
 The sutra was a chain for the
neck.

5.  Clothing in Gupta period was mainly cut and sewn
garments.
 A long sleeved brocaded tunic became the main costume
for privileged people.
 A plain belt took the position of kayabandh.

6.  Hairstyle: Generally, hair was worn
loose by men, shoulder length and
curled, in the gurnakuntala style.
 Jwellery: Kundala, kinkini, mekhala,
and nupura were some of the
ornaments made of gold , used in that
time.