Salwar is a traditional name as the modern age has grown. The traditional Salwar has taken different shapes and styles like Churidar, Parallel and Patiala.

Origin of Patiala Suits
Patiala Salwar Kameez or Patiala Suit is having some special historical background. There is a story behind this name. Patiala is a place in Punjab at North India. In ancient times, Maharaja (King) of Patiala was very famous. His dress was a pleated and baggy type salwar with long loose kameez with full sleeves. He used to wear this dress as a king and for comfort also. In the new modern era, the women community copied his dress and named Patiala Salwar kurta or Patiala Suit.

What is a Patiala Salwar?
Normally, the salwar of patiala salwar kameez is having a number of pleates of different styles. The fall of pleates goes back and looks like baggy with pleates. Patiala Salwar kameez is similar to Indian traditional salwar kameez except that patiala salwar has more pleates and big fall comes on wearing at back. From top, it has belt like any other traditional salwar and a long tunnel for drawstring. The upper portion like traditional salwar is wide spread or has a big room for hips and legs movements.

Design
In Patiala Salwar Kameez, kameez is same as other traditional designs. However, short kurta is more popular. The kameez of patiala salwar kameez is

• Short upto knee
• Rounded at the flaps
• Had slits upto the waist
• Comfortable to wear due to proper fitting.

There is no hard and fast rule for sleeves, neck designs, front and back neckline depth and curves and cuts. Patiala salwar is very comfortable to wear. The whole set comes in variety of fabric, colours and patterns starting from plain, printed to embroidered ones. This is a very common dress for Punjabi ladies.