Attractive online mirror work dress material.

Salwar kameez is the traditional outfit of Indian woman. Mirror work or Shisha embroidery is the art of stitiching mirrors on to the fabric in a variety of designs. Mirror embroidery has become trendy and fashion all over India. Specially made mirrors of various sizes and shapes are used for mirror work. Mirror work gives beautiful appearance on any fabric like cotton, silk chiffon, crepe, georgette and supernet. Embroidery stitches like herringbone stitch, chain stitch, stem stitch and the satin stitch are used to hold mirrors in correct place on fabric. Latest mirror work enhances the beauty of plain, printed and thread embroidered sarees. Pure Handloom plain cotton saree of circle shape mirror work all over and having banjara mirror patch border is graceful. And are apt to daily casual, home makers, cooperate office, professors.

Shisheh or Abhla Bharat embroidery or mirror work is a type of embroidery which attaches small pieces of mirrors reflect metal to fabric. Mirror embroidery is spread throughout Asia, and today originated in 17^th-century India. Traditionally , shisheh or Abhla Bharat work was done using Mica but Beetle,Tin, Silver or coins were not uncommon depending on the region. But was later replaced by glass blown into large thin bubbles and broken into small pieces for this use traditional shisha mirrors have a convex curve due to this process.

 

The tradition of  making circular shisha was extensively done by woman in South Asia, who use special scissors that are repeatedly dampened to prevent flying shards, and snip them into smaller circular shapes. The use of decorative mirror or shisheh was introduce from Iran during the Mughal Empire. However shisheh embroidery was not used on Mughal clothing but rather found only on traditional folk clothes of South Asia and Central Asia. The term shisheh means glass in Persian from where the word transferred to Urdu/Hindi and other related language.

Bridal chanderi pure silk sari embroidered in the patterns of Zardozi, ari, chikan,gota works and glhighlighted with mirror work is an exclusive wedding wear. It is also worn on college parties, functions and traditional occasions. Fancy crepe georgette saree of block floral prints and mirror embroidery work is nice drape or evening parties, conferences and marriages. The tradition of making circular shiha was extensilvely done by women in South Asia, who use special scissors that are repeatedly dampened to prevent flying shards, and snip them into smaller circular shapes.

Contemporary shisheh work almost entirely consists of mass-produced, machine-cut glass shisha with a silvered backing. Today most craft stores in south Asia carry small mirrors purchasable for use in embroidery, which come in varying shapes and sizes. The form of embroidery work is now most common on the Indian subcontinent, especially in parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Baluchistan and Sindh.

There are types of embroidery lends a sparkling appearance to the brightly colored clothes worn in the region and is very popular for use on clothing, hangings, tapestries and domestic textiles. The trend of mirror work is very old and liked by every woman and college going girls.