kanpur be it navratra durga puja or garba the people are known to take every occasion in a festive spirit when it comes about dance and revelry they go all out to make the most of it the youth are all set to rock the stage with latest tunes and trendy dresses this garba season the markets at meston road birhana road p road and shivalaya are flooded with fashionable clothes accessories for garba and dandiya night the traditional gujarati style clothes are in demand apart from the bandhej prints of gujarat the laheriya resembling the rajasthani styles are attracting large number of buyers the women are picking chaniyacholis and the girls are fascinated towards latest bollywood trends the girls are demanding ghaghras wore by heroines in latest movies the dresses from movie ye jawani hai deewani besharam and many more are in demand said owner of a garment shop at birhana road an increasing number of people want to shake a leg or two on the tunes of garba in traditional costumes the number of shops offering traditional garba clothes and accessories had increased considerably in every market the men do not waste much in costumes as they wear jeans and funky kurta but the women are giving gala time to the business these days they want every thing matching and are ready to spend thousands of rupees for a night said another shopkeeper the women with good fashion sense and those who usually experiment with dresses every year are preferring the dress on rentthe demand for the rented dresses has increased by a knot as everybody now wants to give garba at least a try the rented costumes are most viable option to look good with best costumes without paying thousands of rupees to buy the clothes which you cannot buy next year said a student sahil a 21 years old student said that the traditional gujarati kurtas can only be wore at dandiya and remain useless for the rest of the year the rented costumes are the best optionit will not be an intelligent decision to spend hundreds of rupees for a dress for a night i will prefer to buy some funky accessories which will go with jeans and tshirt as well and take kurta on rent he added the range of rented costumes for garba starts from rs 200 and goes up to rs 2000a wide huge range of rented jewellery is also available the girls prefer oxidised silver and jewellery made of shellsa shopkeeper who rents out costumes in the city said that he gets the stock from godhra and surat dandiya sticks are available in colourful and ethnic forms the dandiyas with ribbon and stars pasted on them are out of trend as they often hurt the players the new trend are the sparkle coloured dandiya which are painted and hence have better grip as well said a shopkeeper