Recently, actress Taapsee Pannu was seen attracting everyone’s attention in Paris. The special reason for this was her saree. Actually, Taapsee had gone to Paris Olympics to boost the morale of her badminton coach husband and there she did not miss any opportunity to show off her saree. Taapsee believes that saree should not be limited to any special occasion, but it should be made a part of everyday life. Although saree has always been an important part of Indian attire, but due to convenience and western influence, many of us moved away from it and started wearing it only on special occasions. Although even now about 70 percent of Indian women wear saree daily or on special occasions, but a special change can be seen in this matter. ‘I do not know how to tie a saree’, this is usually heard and we have easily accepted this change. Due to this, a new career seems to be emerging, ‘Saree Drapery’. These people charge 300 to 1000 rupees for draping a saree in a normal party, whereas if we talk about a celebrity saree draper, the cost of draping a saree ranges from 35,000 to 50,000. Designer Sabyasachi once while talking to Indian students at Harvard University said that one should be ashamed if being an Indian, one says that one doesn’t know how to drape a saree. Although he later apologized for using the word ‘shame’. But this is really something to think about. Though for us it may be like ghar ki murgi, daal (fair use), but globally saree has become quite popular.
get the choice right
While choosing a saree, you not only have to take care of the trend. There are some special things that you should look at. For example, what kind of colour will suit you and what should be the fabric of the saree. Fashion designer Ankita Chaudhary says that colour plays a big role in describing the style of the saree. Red, magenta, green, maroon colours are always in trend. Apart from this, some special colours are also in trend in every season. You can also choose other or pastel shades of the trending colours. But while choosing, you have to take care of your skin tone as well. While choosing the fabric of the saree, you have to take care of your body structure along with the weather. In summers, you should choose chiffon and georgette sarees, while in winters you will look stylish in silk, tussar or velvet sarees. If you are overweight, then sarees made of fabric like lycra will suit you more, while cotton, organza or puffed cloth sarees look better on thin women.
Explore the options
If you are looking for modern ways to wear a saree, then social media and fashion websites will help you. Here you will find all those looks and patterns that can give you the latest look. Along with exploring these options, you can also look at the way of draping a saree. A saree can be tied in 100 different ways. Some of these ways are traditional, while some are modern. Traditional ways include Maharashtrian drape, Gujarati drape, Bengali drape, etc. Whereas, in modern ways, saree drapes like Mermaid, Mumtaz, Belted, Cape Style, Butterfly are in vogue. You will also easily find videos online explaining how to tie them.
This is how things will turn out
You can also use blouses and accessories to give a new look to the saree. Blouses with boat neck, collar, crop top look very stylish. Apart from this, the combination of saree with shrug, jacket or kurti can make you stylish. If you are thin, then belt with saree will highlight your figure. Apart from this, accessories like lace, pearls etc. are also easily available in the market to give a different look to a simple blouse.