Gharara, Sharara, Plazzo? What does it all mean?

Every year in wedding season new styles/colours for weddings and partywear for Eid or other events are introduced.  All with beautiful fine thread embroidery,  Dabka, Tila, Kora, Mirrors, Silver sequins, Diamanté, and Stone work. Each Dress is designed to have maximum impact on the day.

   There is a choice of outfits and styles for every event and there are many terms used to describe a dress or a look.  Some time it can get a bit confusing to decide what dress is meant for what event. Or what does many terms mean. For example you have Anrarkali suits and then Maxi dresses so whats the difference. What is Sharara or Gharara and then you have Lehnga don’t they have similar look when worn. What About Plazzo where does that fit in.

So here are the few details that will clear any misinterpretation.

• Maxi Dress : A maxi dress is a long dress that reaches down to ankles or sometimes to the floor. It's an informal dress but sophisticated enough as any party wear.  Maxi dresses form fit to the top while they are more loose flowing towards the bottom.
• Anarkali Dress: An Anarkali dressis made up of a long, frock-style top and features a slim fitted bottom. It varies in length and embroidery such as floor-length cuts.
• Sharara : Sharara is a pair of loose, flared and wide-legged trousers mostly worn with straight Kurti. It is similar to modern-day wide-legged palazzo with the difference that sharara is embellished with zari, sequins, stones and beads work. 
• Gharara : A gharara is fitted from the waist to the knees. At the knees, extra fabric is attached and a flare falls down from the knees. Often a beautiful lace is added at the knee to hide the joint
• Lehnga : Lehenga is a three-piece ensemble consists ofthe actual lehenga, a long ankle-length skirt, a well-fitted blouse top known as the choli, and a scarf to drape around the outfit, known as the dupatta
• Plazzo : plazzo are wide-leg pants. Similar to Sharara but not as wide
• Saree dress : A women's garment from the Indian subcontinent, that consists of an un-stitched stretch of woven fabric arranged over the body as a robe, with one end tied to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole (shawl), sometimes baring a part of the midriff.
• Peplum suit : These normally are short shirt/kameez sometime tailed at the back. Usually comes with a plazzo or sharara.