Kira

Kira is a Bhutanese dress for a woman. It is a large , rectangular textile that is wrapped around the body, folded into a wide pleat in front and fastened at the shoulders with ornate silver and gold brooches. The dress is belted tightly and bloused about the waist to form a pouch. A kira is worn over a blouse and topped by a jacket.This kira is made of cotton with raw silk patterning. It was woven as a long narrow panel with supplementary weft and then cut into three panels and joined in the warp direction.