South Asian dress reading list

Alkazi, R., Ancient Indian Costume, New Delhi, 1983

Askari, Nasreen and Arthur, Liz, Uncut Cloth; Saris, Shawls and Sashes, London, 1999

Askari, Nasreen and Crill, Rosemary, Colours of the Indus: Costume and Textiles of Pakistan, London, 1997

Ayer, Jacqueline, Oriental Costume, London, 1974

Boulanger, Chantal, Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping, New York, 1997

Brijbushan, Jamila, The Costumes and Textiles of India, Bombay and Leigh-on-Sea, 1958

Crill, Rosemary, Hats from India, London, 1985

Dar, S.N., Costumes of India and Pakistan: A Historical and Cultural Study, Bombay, 1967

Dongerkerry, K.S., The Indian Sari, New Delhi, 1961

Elson, V., Dowries from Kutch: A Women's Folk Art Tradition in India, Los Angeles, 1979

Flynn, D., Costumes of India, Calcutta and Oxford, 1971

Ghurye, G.S., Indian Costume, Bombay, 1951

Goswamy, B.N., Indian Costumes in the Collection of the Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad, 1993

Joshi, P.O., Continuity and Change in Hindu Women's Dress in BARNES, R. & EICHNER J.B. Dress and Gender: Making and Meaning, Providence/Oxford 1992

Kumar, Ritu, Costumes and Textiles of Royal India, London, 1999

Leix, A. Costumes of the People of India, Ciba Review, no.36,1940

Leslie, J., The Significance of Dress for the Orthodox Hindu Woman in BARNES & EICHNER op.cit.

Lynton, Linda, The Sari, London, 1995

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad: Traditional Garments of Udaipur, Banswara & Dungarpur, 1992

The Rabari of Ahmedabad; A Study of Their Costumes, 1992

Poovaya-Smith, N. 101 Saris from India, Bradford, 1992

Singh, Chandramani, Textiles and Costumes from the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, Jaipur, 1979

Tarlo, Emma, Clothing Matters; Dress and Identity in India, London, 1996.