How to Wear a Saree!!

For wearing a sari, you need two essential accessories: a matching blouse and a petticoat.

The blouse must be close-fitting.

The petticoat must be ankle length, and threaded at the top with elastic, or a thin cotton tape, to tie it around the waist comfortably.

The petticoat should be tied tightly enough, so that the sari does not slip. Take the inner edge of the sari, and tuck it into the petticoat in front, a little more to the right side, with the sari going towards the left.

Gather the pleats evenly and neatly, and tuck them into the petticoat, slightly towards the left side, but not too much to the left. See that the breadth of the pleats is equal, and that they are piled on top of each other evenly. The lower edge of the pleats should also be even, and just off the ground. The gracefulness of the sari depends mainly on these pleats.

Having tucked in the pleats, turn around again to the right, holding the top edge of the sari in your hand, and bring it round your hips to the front.

Gather the palla, and place it over the left shoulder. The upper border of the sari should slant across the bust from under the right arm to over the left shoulder.

The palla should be about a yard (90 cm.) in length, just touching the finger-tips, as it falls evenly behind you.