• Amarjot Kaur
• Rajveer Kaur

The present study entitled “Designing and Construction of long jackets inspired from female costumes of gadualiya lohar tribe” was conducted in Jalandhar city. A purposive random sampling technique was used to select sixty respondents. These respondents were college going girls selected from KMV college in Jalandhar city. An interview schedule was developed to get the information regarding background of respondents, type of fabric, color and design features of long jackets. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed. The highest scores were given to the most preferred feature and one to the least preferred. The scores were then computed and given ranks. It was found that majority of the respondents preferred cotton fabric and black color. Regarding the constructional features thigh length long jackets with full sleeves and round neckline were most preferred. On the basis of preferences, ten designs were sketched which were shown to a sub-sample of 30 respondents and then most preferred three designs were constructed and embellished keeping in mind the features of female costume of Gadualiya Lohar tribe.

long jackets, preferences, Gadualiya lohar tribe,costume, features

"Designing and construction of long jackets inspired from female costumes of Gadualiya lohar tribe", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.907-916, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103123.pdf

"Designing and construction of long jackets inspired from female costumes of Gadualiya lohar tribe", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp907-916, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103123.pdf