Pareos is a light-weight, filmy rectangle of colorful fabric used as a beach cover-up, as a fashion accessory or as a garment all by itself. A single pareo can be used as a dress, skirt, or shawl. This garment consisting of a rectangular piece of printed cloth worn especially in Polynesia by men and women as a wraparound skirt. Women pareos includes lines specially meant for today's modern woman. No pin or magnets are used for tying it. In some places pareos are also used both for tying at the waist and covering the upper portion of the body.




Fabrics
The pareos are available in numerous fabrics like:

Silk Cotton Polyester Cotton blend etc

The pareos comes in magnificent colors and styles. Though it is available in both printed and plain versions, printed version is more popular. The common designs printed on the fabric are floral, geometrical, lining and stripes, natural scenes, etc. The vibrant colors and pleasing designs gives the wearer a tinsel and glamorous look.