Somebody was saying a few days ago that his family migrated from Kashmir before partition in 1878 and there are still restrictions on couple of things the ladies of his family can wear.
1) No nose piercing
2) Black colour dress not allowed

I found it interesting to ponder on

I could decipher immediately about the nose piercing from the “Risalah Maktubaat” by Mir Syed Ali Hamadani RA in which he ordered segregation of Non muslims from muslims and non Muslims were not allowed to wear the dresses of Muslims and muslims were discouraged to

immititate non muslims( yus aaz aes mushroow. Yan che yanan yat kya gow! ) .Now coming back to the topic the nose piercing was not a Kashmiri custom .Nor was it a Central Asian custom which influenced the fashion of Kashmir Valley after our ancestors became muslims and we

got connected to them as much as we have parity to them.
Nose piercing is a custom mainly in North India .Not Persian culture or a Turkish culture, or Central Asian culture.
Only photos of “Dancers of Kashmir” (prostitutes) used to have it mainly in Kashmir when they would be

taken to red light areas of the subcontinent. Therefore retrospectively speaking and knowing how we react towards something we consider as “other” . It’s a strong possibility that nose piecing was discouraged. I families who follow the custom of Zaen Shah RA of Ashmukam

meat is not consumed for some days they call as “baed doh”.
Some don’t consume meat on Tuesdays or Thursdays (I don’t remember exactly) throughout the year in order to show allegiance and separate from “Lukh”.
This was understandable to me .

But women not been allowed to wear black is something that I am not able to decipher exactly. Some thoughts do come up and there is strong possibility of them being major reasons but that may not be good to bring into debate at the moment.
But casually speaking my dadi

Never wore black burka.Her Burka was cream white nor did my elder chachi .Nor did anyone from my father’s side I have ever seen wear black dress or black burka. Afghan Burka was a quite normal thing and it’s what the woman in the first tweet of the thread is wearing. I seen a pic

In which whole line of women from 1960s election wear that. Cream colour ,white ,light textured and layered Afghani Burka.

Kashmiri women used to exercise Hijab in other ways as well. Like the typical cap style of hijab which is tied at the back.

Present day most of

women in their 30s and 40s who wear hijab like the Pakistani style (sort of dupatta) and the newer generation year it differently(those who wear)

Ya Allah I have really gone off topic but yes it’s not really surprising that we are the products of our historical precedence.

Media has a lot of influence on how we make our choices of fashion these days and sometimes we see media influences us more than even our family members and immediate neighbourhood uptill a certain age

Most of the Central Asia is either in ruins or rebuilding itself

after fighting Russification and western designs and Kashmir which has a relation made in heaven with C.A is finding itself in confusion about its alignment of culture ,fashion, art and literature.
It’s ironic that the very West who brought this on us has become our epicentre

of inspiration in lifestyle choices. To me a kulcha or a Shermaal beats donuts and cupcakes any day. I love fashion like most of my family members and like to blend wears sometimes. Most of the things I like to wear in designer store end up being really hard on my pocket

therefore I hold myself off. I wish we can get our own fashionable wears at affordable rates and we not longer have to say “ this is Iranian trend or Punjabi trend or this is new fashion (ends up something which depicts the guy is a little lost ) but out own line of trends

which are really inspiring , looks really respectable ,are read to wear ,cheap and serves us according to our climate and our facial features . And I saw why just line of clothing but our whole fashion industry from hair styles to shoes to watches to belts to threading of our

collars in Kashmiri wool , fur etc …

All these things can be done if we promote localism and one of the most important steps towards it is establishment of local universities where local Kashmiris would go and study local issues not to be job seekers but money makers

and drivers of positive change and our Muslim roots. Something like take a problem of the prevalent time in our immediate locality ,study it ,research the analogous problems ,make a collection of them and then spend your educational years to solve them bit by bit .Local PHD

scholars can be appointed there and they can themselves drive and inspire the really young mind of 18-28 to be the drivers of the change and see the world around them as a problem statement and their life on this planet as it’s algorithm to solve them.
The bonds that can be

formed ,the things that can be done ,the work that can be left ,the people that can be raised ..... ….. ….

Apologies to much diversion from the real question ….
Don’t remember who asked this question to @Dontknwwhoimnow