Textiles of Bhutan can be differentiated by the patterns, color, quality and by the design of the clothes.

The picture on the right side shows a music band in Bhutan wearing Gho, the national dress for Bhutanese men. The long robe is tied around by a belt known as Kera, and properly hidden be the upper part of gho. Accompanied is by a white Scarf/sleeve at the wrist known as LAGEY and little white portion around the neck called "GONG". For further visualization, traditional dress of men, Gho is put together with full knee length stocking and with western developed formal shoes normally but in this picture the musicians have a "TSO-LHAM" which literally means Shoes. This is the traditional Shoe found to be in Bhutan. It is worn by senior officials, civil servants during the National Assembly or in important functions. The red part (at ankle) on the tso-lham also shows the government post of the bearer. For the King and the Je Khenpo, the ankle colour would be yellow, and for ministers, it would be orange and for civil servant and public, it is red. The yellow and orange scarf worn around from the shoulder to waist is nothing but the scarf, locally known as kabney, but not every person in Bhutan wears it. This type of scarf is only worn by the Arm force people and it comes in different colours for different ranks.

KIRA, the National Dress for women, is ankle - length dress made of bright colored woven fabric with traditional patterns. It covers from a woman's neck till the ankle and is tied around the waist by KERA and hung upon by KOMA from the shoulders. Now a days this Koma is been replaced by safety pin for daily use.. Upon which a coat known as TEGO is won over it.

The picture on the left shows a woman and a girl with full Bhutanese National Dress for women. Focusing on the woman, the green coat with flowers on it is the TEGO made from pure silk, the comes the Kira with stiripe of different colours and then followed by a light pink coloured sleve which is known as WONJU, which is worn before the kira. The red scarf on her left should is known as RACHU, similar to kabney of men, worn while visiting Dzongs (Fortress), office, and festivals, irrespective of the designation. It can be of any colour but with patterns like of flowers, or other signs denoted on it and fringes at the end.