How to wear saree (sari)?

 

1. A waist-to-floor petticoat, tied tightly at the waist by a drawstring, and a tight blouse ending just below the bust.


2. Take the Saree and tuck the plain end of the sari into the petticoat for one complete turn from right to left. Make sure that the lower end of the sari touches the floor. 

3. From the beginning of tucked-in end, make pleats in the Saree about 5 inches deep. Make 7 to 10 pleats and hold them up together so that they fall straight and even.

4. Tuck the pleats into the waist slightly to the left of the navel and make sure that they are turned towards the left.

5. Drape the remaining fabric around yourself once more, left to right, and bring it up under the right arm over the left shoulder so that it falls to about knee level.

6. The decorative border (pallav) of the Saree can be prevented from slipping off by fixing it at the shoulder to the blouse with a small safety pin.