Saree – An Unfading Indian Attire With Various Styles

 

India has a majority of Hindu population, who used to wear plain clothes a few decades back, which exclude any sewing or combining of two or more clothes. With the gradual passage of time and encroaching of Britain, Mughals, Mongolians, and many others, the fashion sense also modified accordingly. From a simple cotton cloth to be draped as saree, it gradually modified. Now from the addition of tube top blouses at the initial days to a complete crop top looking blouse design of today’s assorted designer blouses, this attire of women has experienced a lot. And yet, it is the unfading Indian traditional wear, which is inevitable and loved by women of all eras. 

Starting from North India’s seedha pallu draped saree to Maharashtra’s Nauvari saree drape, saree wearing has assorted ways and depending on the region of India, it changes. Every drape has its own speciality as well. There are also some saree drapes, which are worn during auspicious celebrations only. But there is no hard and fast rule when it comes to fashion and one is always free to listen to its heart. So that you can listen to your heart, we wish to feed your brain with 5 different traditional saree draping styles of different regions of India. 

Let’s start then;

Nivi Drape

Nivi style drape is a sort of Modern-day saree that comes from the state of Andhra Pradesh.  This style is widely adapted by modern women because it's easy to drape and also accentuates womanly curves beautifully. 

Nivi drape saree showcases beautiful pleats at the front side, Leaving behind a long trail of pallu.

Mekhala Chador Drape

Assam is known for its beautiful collection of fabrics, traditional work patterns and designs. One of the most elegant styles that you can find in any Assam handloom saree collections is Mekhala chadar saree. A traditional Mekhela chador sari is made up of cotton, Muga silk, Pat silk and Eri silk. 

This saree comes in basic 2 pieces - The bottom saree part is draped like a sarong along with front side pleats, whereas the upper part is draped like a shawl and thrown over the shoulder.   

Bengali Sarees Drape 

Bengali style drape is also known as Athpourer sari style. This saree drape style is quite famous among Indian women of all states. Especially in festivals, these sarees are a sure catch in every fashionista’s list. 

Bengali style saree has a box pleat at the front. The limelight falls on the pallu, which comes from back to the front. 

Fact Check: Bengali women tie a tight knot of their home keys at the end of the pallu and thrown over the right shoulder. 

Nauvari Saree Drape

A nine-yard saree speaks many languages through its draping style. As we have already seen that each and every state of India presents its own draping style with a mesmerising twist. The Nauvari saree speaks an equally strong and independent language of women of Maharashtra. 

The draping style of the sari is a lot like the draping of dhoti in men. This saree draping style allows free movement and thus many women in that era preferred Nauvari saree drape. 

Gol Saree Drape 

Parsis have brought a lot of features to India. Not just a splendid trail of business but they also enlightened us with their traditional fashion and style. This is a traditional pick and thus Parsi women usually wear Parsi style drape sarees during festivities. But the senior Parsi women also wear these regularly. 

Parsi saris are quite light in fabric and the pallu is taken from behind and draped over the blouse. The pallu hangs loosely over the left shoulder and then pulls out under the right shoulder.