Choli and making it still more beautiful." Choli A choli (Hindi: चोली, , , Nepali: चोलो "cholo") (known in South India as "ravike" (Kannada: ರವಿಕೆ, Telugu: రవికె, Tamil: ரவிக்கை)) is a midriff-baring blouse or upper garment commonly worn with a sari in the Indian subcontinent. The choli is also part of the ghagra choli costume in the Indian subcontinent. The choli evolved from the ancient "stanapatta", also known as "kurpsika" or "kanchuki", which was one of the forms of three-piece attire worn by women during the ancient period. This consisted of the "antriya" lower garment; the "uttariya" veil worn over shoulder
Liberty bodice Emancipation Movement, but in practice some of the early liberty bodices in the UK were advertised for maids who would be freer to get on with their work without a constricting corset. Later the liberty bodice came to be thought of as something practical for a child who could be buttoned up warmly. Liberty bodices are commonly associated with R. & W. H. Symington of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, but the name had already been used before they made their first bodice: a version for girls aged 9 –13 was sold for one shilling and ninepence-halfpenny in 1908. The name has