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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
JK. dont take it serious . :D
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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha
JK. dont take it serious . :D
history of saree
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/attire...sari_story.htm
History of Saree
Swathy akka kalakkuringa..
i am thinking to open a thread "Importance of Jeans" :roll:
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Originally Posted by terminator
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I like Jeans also :D
My contribution to the thread :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saree
A saree is not a dress. It is just fabric which needs to be draped in a particular way to achieve the fully dressed effect.
Sarees are available in a number of fabrics like pure silks, cottons and synthetics in various colors and are embellished with embroidery, gold thread work or zari, painting, cutwork and appliqué work.
WOW!!! A thread on one of my fav. attires (even tho its one tat I can never wear! :P :lol: )
Tks for starting this thread, Swathy! :notworthy:
Incidentally, lungi thread vanthu konjum male-dominated-a thonitha, Saree pathi 'independent' thread start pannarthuku?! :wink: :D
Neways, weird tho it may seem, I jus love Sarees! :D Not bcos of ther association w/ tradition etc. but bcos of their sheer beauty/elegance! 8-)
Altho I became crazy abt them only recently, like last 4-5 yrs (seems like a wrong time, considering tat they hav fewer admirers now! :(), I've always thot Sarees were nice since my childhood......provided worn properly of course!
Abt the styles, altho the gujju style 'Seedha pallu' is becoming popular these days, I like the 'Nivi' style, ie. the common way it is worn.....I love the way the pallu falls at the back behind the shoulder.....wen u walk in a breeze, it flutters behind u like a flag! :)
And I hate madisars, totally robs the elegance of the Sari!
And personally, I dont like Sarees worn low on the hips or w/ low-cut blouses as I feel tat tends to take more attention than the actual Saree itself!
Ther is one CMR shopping mall here, the biggest in Vizag.....wenever my mum & I go shopping ther (tho usually b4 sum occasion/wedding), we go to the Saree section on the 2nd floor......& I feel more excited to be ther than my mum...I keep looking at more Sarees than even she does! :lol:
Infact I hardly even feel like leaving tat secn. after we r done & abt to move on to the other secns. in the mall! :D
Reg. materials, no offence again but I'm not tat fond of pattu/pure silk ones! They r much too heavy & unsuitable for our weather.....
I like the crepe silk ones the most! They look almost like pattu Sarees at a distance & hav the same elegance but they r lighter (& so more convenient to wear I think)......I used to find many of these wen in Singapore.....managed to buy 30 of them for my mum for a steal ther! :D
But otherwise, I like the ordinary 'fancy' Sarees, the synthetic ones tat r worn everyday......I like the feel of them & they come in so many diff. colours, shades, patterns.....! :D
But I dont like those tat r too transparent (inc. chiffons & many of the desginer Sarees!) as wen worn, the Saree wud again be given attention for a wrong reason! :oops:
And altho Sarees wud look good on ne woman, IMO they r best suited for the 'average' Indian woman rather than the too slim ones.....
And as for Sarees not felt comfy/convenient nowdays, well, I dont mean to offend neone who think so but personally think its bcos many girls/young women today r not habituated to wearing them regularly unlike the previous gens.....they wear it like, mostly for occasions/functions.....so every time they wear it, I guess it feels 'new' to them as its sumthing tat they r not used to.....so I guess its natural to feel uncomfy/inconvenient in it...
My mum said she felt so even wen she began wearing Saree (45 yrs ago!), she had to as a rule in Madras Med. college (in those days)......but not nemore once she got used to it.:)
Neenga enikkum kattika mudiyathu! Yea, same here! :P :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Raikkonen
Oh yea, forgot to mention in my previous post- I like 1/2 sarees too.....I think girls looks cute in them.....but am a Saree fanatic first; I think nothing beats their elegance/vibrance! :D
Btw, a qsn. to the girls here if u dont mind- Saree I agree may be inconvenient/uncomfy (unless u r used to it) but I think 1/2 Saree isnt tat uncomfy/difficult to handle? The dhavani is much shorter than Saree in length so podavai kattara mathiri avolo nerum onnum agatahu....illeya?
So how come this has become even rarer than Sarees now (even in the South, its not worn in the north of course)? :?
Oh, and tat reminds me of one more qsn.- r married women allowed to wear 1/2 Saree? I thot it was only for unmarried or teenage girls.....but our maid used to wear only 1/2 Sarees even tho shez married & a mother so mus be like in 30s....altho now she wears only Sarees.
We had another maid b4 who also was married but wore only 1/2 Sarees....my mother told me many maids prefer to as its easier to work in....but wen I asked if tat was allowed for married women (as far I knew eariler, girls who wore 1/2 Saree wud switch to Saree once married), my mother said it is very much allowed in their community....only Salwars arent....
Lamby :clap:
I hardly wear sarees but still I love sarees.
I was so lean before so I tie only cotton sarees. Now I have put on weight so I shud try on other materials also.
Tks Swathy! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by swathy
Glad to hear tat u luve Sarees, but, well.....'hope u dont mind me telling u this, but if u wan2 continue loving them, u'll hav to feel comfy in them....so I'd advice u to try & wear them as often as possible......maybe for a start at home atleast, if not outside.....or else I'm sure they'll only feel more & more uncomfy w/ time....since u've got to learn how to walk, 'carry' urself around in them etc.....so best to hav sum practice or else each time u wear them will feel like the 1st time!
How do I know u may wonder? Bcos I felt the same way wearing veshti/lungi initially! :lol:
Cotton, u mean the ones tat hav to be starched?? Eyah....I dont like those either! They feel rough enuff to cut ur skin, & so stiff w/ the starch (& they hav to be starched)!Quote:
I was so lean before so I tie only cotton sarees. Now I have put on weight so I shud try on other materials also.
I rem. once my mother & I went to this exibition wen we wer in Hyd.....ther wer many of these starchy cotton Sarees for sale, it seems they had sum handloom work on them or sumthin......but wen I touched one, I thot, its so stiff......how cud neone (esp. women) wear these, tat too in summer!
I then sarcastically muttered to my mum "chah! Ithu-enna, podavaiya paper-aa? Ithu mele theniyum news print panni padikilam pollerku!"
Of course the other ppl. around didnt understand me! :P