摘要：The major objective of this research was to determine the clothing needs of rural elderly women. Aninterview schedule was developed to elicit information about existing clothing practices, preferences and problemswith existing dresses from eighty rural elderly women residing in Hisar district. Findings indicated that majority ofrural elderly women used to wear short kameez (a long tunic worn by many people from South Asia, typically witha salwar or churidars) with lehnga (a full ankle-length skirt worn by Indian women, usually on formal or ceremonialoccasions) followed by short straight kameez with salwar. (Salwar: A pair of light, loose, pleated trousers, usuallytapering to a tight fit around the ankles, worn by women from South Asia typically with a kameez (the two togetherbeing a salwar kameez). Nearly half of rural women were not satisfied with length of front opening and with lengthof armhole. The style preferences of rural elderly women included cotton blend fabric of light color with smalldense floral prints and straight all over loose kameez with up to waist line front openings or closures and simplethree-fourth length sleeves. Majority of the respondents reported at least one body location which caused fittingproblems with existing clothing and expressed a definite need for special sizing.
