INDIAN DRESSES GUIDEHOW TO DRAPE SAREE
Indian dresses are fascinating that’s why people get attracted to Indian dresses around the world. We find it more in women dresses but it’s not just limited to them only. Indians have diversity in dresses, not just in terms of colors but in design as well.
Since last 10-15 years Indian dresses and Indian designers are acknowledged throughout the world. With time designers bring Indian fashion on front foot by performing tremendously well on events like New York fashion week, London fashion week and many more. Further globalization and continually improving tourism industry is enhancing the demand of Indian dresses around the world.
People want to wear Indian dresses but a common issue they face is they don’t know how to wear an Indian dress. There are lots of things and it’s not easy to find where to wear what and how. Whether you are a men or women wearing an Indian dress is not an easy job. Although for men it’s still easy, but for women it’s really tough. Women dresses like Salwar Kameez, Lehnga and Saree not even easy to hold in public, especially saree.
Indian women generally prefer saree over other dresses; saree looks royal and graceful with matching accessories and footwear. Draping a saree is not an easy task so let’s see how you can drape a saree in some easy steps which are as follows
Step 1: First find the closed or open end of saree. Usually it’s easy to find the open end; it’s the one with some contrast color or different pattern. In case if you have a saree which have throughout same patterned you can pick any end as closed end.
Step 2: After finding the close end you have to tuck it in petticoat. Petticoat is the inner leggings which help in holding saree drapes.
Step 3: When you tuck the closed end move it around once and then form pleats. You can secure pleats with the help of safety pins.
Step 4: After formation of pleats, you have to tuck it as well.
Step 5: Now move the saree around by holding the open end of sareee
Step 6: After moving around, hold the open end and again form pleats like below picture. This time you have to hold it vertically and then make the pleats horizontally.
Step 7: This will be the final move and need to be placed carefully. You just have to hold the pleats formed in step 6 and throw it in back to hold these pleats use a matching saree pin, or decorative pin.
Step 8: Now check whether it’s correct or not. To check yourself, make sure you have hold on your dress with each and every tucks, to be double sure check by walking few steps.
Usually it takes 5 to 10 min to drape a saree, but for beginners it take 15 to 20 min at least to drape a saree. So make sure you have enough time in hand because draping is just a part there are lots of other things you have to do after and before this like makeup.
No one can imagine women without makeup and when it’s about Indian dresses you can’t skip it. Women who love makeup gets a great chance to do lots of things when they are wearing an Indian dresses. It’s
always suggested to complete makeup before draping a saree. While doing makeup always remember your saree and blouse colors. This will help you in selection of color and contrast. When you are wearing a new dress always try to see people who wear them on regular basis. It will give you an idea what kind of makeup you can do. Before going for makeup first look at the dress and footwear carefully, Indian dresses are colorful so you must be careful while doing makeup. You can notice Madhuri Dixit Nene (Indian Actress) in below image. She wore a peach color saree, without bindi, mang teeka, bangles and necklace. So you can say “It’s not mandatory to wear a necklace, bindi, mang teeka, bangles with saree”. Her hair color is black but in this event she appeared with brown hairs which gives a decent looks, so “You can try different hair colors, but make sure it looks decent”
Generally women think nail paint is mandatory with Indian dresses but here you can notice the celeb without nail paint. Thus “It’s completely OK without nail paint”.
Let’s have a look over another Indian celeb Priyanka Chopra Indian actress, former miss world 2000. Here we can see her with very limited makeup, without mang teeka, necklace, bindi and bangles. There is no hard and fast rule to wear all these things with saree, you can moderate your makeup and accessories according to what suits you
the most and what makes you feel comfortable. With Indian dresses you get a chance to explore lots of accessories. You can select matching Footwear, Handbags, and Jewelry and also try Heena tattoo.
Last but not the least some tips for accessories
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