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With the new-found freedom Prom Dresses 2011 permeated into the household, even the 'younger misses' of the 'mahal' precincts had to be given a mode of dress that would allow them to go to school and play with ease. It was the family elder, Rabindranath Tagore's father, Maharshi Debendranath, who took up their cause and created the Peshawari, a fitted pyjama-and-dress combination that the girls donned, giving Cocktail Dresses the ease of carefree movement both emotionally and physically. Thus, the changes went much beyond the obvious. Says Som, "In a way it was chronicling a social evolution taking place in Bengal, through fashion." Preoccupations and leisure time activities, too, became a tool of self-expression and reflected the effects of western influence. The Gorgeous One Shoulder Long Chiffon Prom Dress in the boudoir now engaged themselves in lace-making after their western sisters and created lacy edgings for their 'shaimeej' sleeves and necklines. Others took to painting and some more to the art of letter writing. Of course, more ideas and inputs meant experimentation not just in the arts and crafts but also in everyday wear. According to Neelay Sengupta, Gorgeous Strapless A-line Prom Dress of the stage show on the Thakur Barir, 'Saaj Poshak', "The urge to look for material sources for saris that were different from traditional preferences such as the Dhakai, Tangail or Shantipuri weaves, attracted itinerant vendors to the doors of Jorasankho." One of them was the crafty Umesh, who would buy strips of cheap silk from European merchants as also yards of mill-made lace material, and entice the women with his wares, making the Tagore household wearers opt for saris in Chantilly lace or georgette and sport blouses stitched from bits of cheap silk, much to the derision of the young Rabindranath.