Pick the right Saree for you

Trying to pick up the right saree to wear at different occasions, isn’t much sorted for women, they never find it easier to pick the right saree to drape for occasions like, weddings, parties or the casually, etc.

Draping a saree for many women in India is well known but the different appealing styles to drape a simple saree bringing a fascinating look is something all women will find interesting.

There are numerous ways to drape up a saree in styles and concepts of a specific theme dressing, Saree draping can be very fun.The basic draping up of a saree is also very easy, below is a detailed explanation of basic style saree draping before we start different unique styles of occasion based draping a saree.

Basic Drape steps

1. Take the saree end from the top edge, tuck it in the petticoat starting from the right side of your waist across your left waist.
2. From the left hand bring the drape around your waist from the back to the centre front tucking it in.
3. Now you will need to make 6-8 of 5-6 inches pleats of the remaining drape at the centre and tuck it in the petticoat, facing pleats to the left.
4. Bring the open drape across your back to your front from the right side, without tucking it. You can pin up the pleats at the centre for it to be in centre position and tuck the drape edge till your left side waist.
5. Now hold up the width (pallu) section and make pleats in complete width in 5-6 inches, making sure the border falls on the first pleat to drape it on shoulder.
6. Hold the pleats in vertical and bring the drape fall from beneath the right armhole, pulling it up towards and across your left shoulder.
7. Place the pleats properly on your left shoulder by keeping at least a metre length fall down from the shoulder point, and pin it in place to fix it.

You are ready to flaunt around in the saree attire looking gorgeous. Moving on to saree drapes for special occasions, dressing up in a saree at occasions in perfect manner to look presentable, has been mentioned below with easy steps, which all use the beginning steps of the basic drape.

How to drape Traditional and Wedding Drapes

Using these drapes for the occasion of weddings and related ceremonies based for weddings. Different traditions and cultures in India have different ways of draping saree in their particular style and methods. Here are some most used drape styles with their method.

• How to drape Bengali style Saree

Bengali sarees are well famous for the royal religious look, depicting the royal ethnic look of their Bengali culture. Sarees in white and red border is the origin in the culture of Bengali puja rituals. Heavy sarees with silk woven motifs and border look are highlighted by this drape. There are no lower drape pleats in this saree.

1. The basic step of draping from bringing saree wrapped around from right to left to center before taking the pleats, tuck it in the petticoat.
2. Then take hold of the open edge tuck it in the waist till left waist, then tilt it and bring it to front right waist by tucking it.
3. Repeat the phase of tilting it again, bringing it across left waist from front tuck at waist and again tilt and bring back to right side waist from front and tuck.
4. Now pick up the width section and make pleats of the whole width in 5-6inches where border comes on front and first pleat. Pin it in position form falling off.
5. Holding pleats vertical throw the pleated drape on your left shoulder front to back in all possible length hanging at back.
6. Now hold the first pleat edge, spreading it across your back to the right side, bringing the corner in front under your right armhole to the top of your right shoulder falling it back on the right shoulder. A tassel or hanging is attached to the corner and left in position.