Winter Shawls for Wrap Your Body

The prosaic definition belies the poetry of the shawl, the romance of this free-flowing mantle that wraps the body in warmth. For centuries, the shawl in India has a tradition of versatality, of different shapes and sizes from large rectangles the length of a blanket to smaller squares and delicate elongated bands, a tradition indeed of the uses to which it was put. In the sophisticated courts of Northern India, it epitomised the luxury of the softest, sheerest wool, elaborately woven and sumptuously patterned.It could be worn like a scarf, wound around the head, or around the waist or draped about the shoulders to reveal the elgance of its floral designs. Large shawls were laid as carpets in the tented encampments of rulers of hung from their walls to ward off the rigours of winter. In Punjab, at the brilliant height of his power, the 19th century monarch Ranjit Singh carpeted entire outdoor areas with shawls sot that horsees pranced on their matchless fabric. in villages scattered across mountains and northern plains, rough homespun woolen shawls drawn from the fleece of sheep and goat warmed the chill of starry winter nights. Here too its uses were many: as blanket, as mantle, as head gear, as bedspread.

Body Wrap	Body Wraps	Bright Shawl	Bright Shawls
Cashmere Shawl	Cheap Shawls	Designer Shawls	Dress Shawl
Elegant Shawls	Embroidered Clothes	Evening Shawl	Evening Shawls
Evening Wraps	Fancy Shawl	Fancy Shawls	Fashion Accessory
Fashion Shawls	Folk Shawls	Handmade Shawls	Indian Shawls
Kashmir Shawls	Ladies Shawl	Ladies Shawls	Long Wool Shawls
Meditation Shawls	Paisley Shawls	Prayer Shawls	Pure Wool Shawls