Importance of Saree

Crumble? I think not SP! :lol:

Neways, agree.....u hav ur own reasons for ur um....minimal interest in Sarees....but all the same, I'm not against Salwars either.....altho I frankly dont find them attractive at all, I do respect them for the fact tat its a decent attire.....

But u know, I really wonder at most of the youth (ie. who call themselves "modern" jus if they wear jeans/western dresses) who claim tat tight jeans & skin tight tees in this hot weather r more comfy than Sarees (or salwars!).....I swear they r lying! cos therez no way wat they claim can be possible! considering esp. tat womens' skin is more sensitive than men's!
Its individuals like them whom I get psyched out by, not jus ne woman who doesnt prefer wearing Sarees.....watever her reason/s may be! :)

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Originally Posted by bingleguy

Tis the easiest attire(they have not taught u properly ;-) )

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Beware, I am gonna come to ur office in disguise and hit u black n blue..... :evil: :twisted:

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carry(so heavy than a JEAN ?????)

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WAs that a joke????????? :roll: :P

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... someone may say the same thing to u ... when u wear a saree

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oh yeah...... heard it. lot of times :oops:
Still I prefer my comfort than praises for how i look :oops:

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

Its individuals like them whom I get psyched out by, not jus ne woman who doesnt prefer wearing Sarees.....watever her reason/s may be! :)

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:roll: :| :( :| :huh: :P

A question to swathy

(ithu thaan vambai vilaikku vangurathu enbathu :oops: )

swathy,

why did u name the thread as

'IMPORTANCE' of saree?

what is 'THE IMPORTANCE' of any attire?

its an attire after all.

Guess all have gone home due to rajkumar's issue. waiting for her answer :D

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

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.:)

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some pple thought we were spaming when we started talking abt sarees.

i agree totally that sarees are so totally beautiful!!!

nice, anna!

i think moderately low-cut blouses (at the back, i mean) are ok. i know that i'd never wear a western blouse which is that low-cut at the back, but it seems fine with blouses for sarees.

i've only got two sarees so far,one's cotton and the other's chiffon. and i absolutely love both. chiffon's a bit transclucent but it's fine since i wear it folded up. i think chiffon is a very good material, extremely light and flowy and very easy to wear. cotton's the best for pple who first start wearing sarees. then i think chiffon would be the next step cos it is easy to handle as well. i agree that silk is quite heavy and cumbersome.

i totally agree that sarees look good on any woman!

yeah, i agree. there isn't enuf opportunities to wear sarees and i guess when most of the other girls wear chudithars or jeans, it's hard to be the odd one out and wear a saree.

but i love wearing sarees and would wear one any time i get the opportunity to!

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

Haven't seen anyone on whom Saree doesn't look good (or at least worse than other type of clothes). Something quaintly attractive about it. Traditional silk is quite overrated. IMO the soft feel sarees look really good (I don't know what material they actually are.... to use a carpentry term: they have a very smooth finish)

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agree totally (other than when it is worn indecently!)

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

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Originally Posted by Raikkonen

Enakku Saree pidikum..
Aanaaaa.......

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Neenga enikkum kattika mudiyathu! Yea, same here! :P :D

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....

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oh pls, given the option b/w a saree and a half-saree, i'm sure girls would choose to wear a saree, cos it is so much more beautiful! i myself transited straight from pattu pavadai to saree (well, i might have worn half-saree once maybe, not sure)

i think it is usually the case that married women wouldn't wear half-sarees.

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Originally Posted by Lambretta

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Originally Posted by Shakthiprabha

yup salvar is the ONLY exception........ and makes any woman presentable whatever physique she has.

IT makes a plump person presentable, MUCH MORE THAN A SAREE.

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Really? How cud tat be, wen its tighter than a Saree (esp. the kurta bit)? :?
In case of plump women atleast, if they wore Sarees, u cud say they r plump....but if they wore Salwars u wud feel like calling them fat....& no need to tell wat if they wore pants/jeans....!

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anna! i feel personally insulted cos i consider myself plump, though only very slightly (most pple don't even think i'm plump). why can't you just say that sarees make plump girls look nicer than in other types of attire. why do you have to say the person will look fat in other jean and stuff? :x

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Originally Posted by dsath

I think Sari brings out feminism in a beautiful and graceful way.If you are used to wearing it every day, then may be the comfort factor increases.
What i like about sari is its flexibility. You can get any look you want to with a sari.
I like half sari as well but my mom never brought me one. The one set i owned was a gift from my grandma which i was allowed to wear only once. :(

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agree totally!

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Originally Posted by goodsense

Talking about plump and fat reminds me of something. One guy said he went on a blind date. before he met the date he asked her what she would be wearing and her size. She said that she is just a bit plumpy. The guy said when the car drove up to where he was waiting for her, as she came out the car he saw a body that fits a size 18.

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i guess some pple do stretch the word 'plump' to its limits and more (i'm guessing by size 18 you mean like xl). but that's not relevant here!