Ok, so what is clothes shopping like in India? Quite interesting. Of course they have normal stores, but if you want more traditional clothes, you go to a suit/saree store. A suit has three parts, the shirt, which is longer, with short sleeves and slits up the sides, pants, which can be quite baggy or very tight, like leggings, and a scarf, which can be worn in a number of ways around your neck.
When you go to a store, you sit down on a bench, in front of shelves full of fabric, and the salesman simply picks out a ton and throws them in front of you, taking out a few. You can ask for certain colors, or fabrics, but you can't look yourself, and there is no organization, so I think it's pretty inefficient. There have been times when I've not bought anything, and maybe there was a pattern I liked smushed somewhere in the shelves.
Anywho, you pay for the fabric, and then you have to take it to a tailor and have it stitched. They take your measurements and make it in a few days. In total this costs about 10-15 dollars total.
Sarees are a little different, as in you buy the fabric, and then fabric for a top, which is simply a midrift shirt. What comes about are gorgeous clothes, that I plan on wearing with skinny jeans at home, and being called cultured and fashionable for,lol. And to think, it's so litte money!
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