 While the styles and colours remain similar, modern Bharwad women use man-made fibres, such as polyester, and cotton.This change may be in part because the modern materials are of finer texture but it is more likely than it came about because of their relative cheapness.Cost is an important factor among the generally penurious community and women could sell the woollen fabric that they had used for clothing for a greater price than they paid for the replacement man-made fabric clothes.