Handmade Saree Designs / Styles

LHM March 14, 2012 Comments Off

Handmade Saree Designs / Styles

The word “SAREE”, “SARI” or “SAREEH” is derived from Sanskrit language which means strip of cloth. This is fact because Saree, a piece of cloth, which is being wrapped around the body in a way that looks like a flower with open petals of it. Latest Saree trend has seen a remarkable increase in handmade Saree designs due to best combination of new, stylish, colored, and embroidered handmade Saree styles.

Purple embroidered Saree

Red Violet Georgette Saree

Saree is a strip of unstitched cloth, worn by females, ranging from four to nine yards in length that is draped over the body in various styles. This is the most commonly used scale but it can be varied and adjusted according to your own suitability. There are various styles of Saree which are worn by females but the most common style is to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end of the drape to be worn over the shoulder. The saree is usually worn over a petticoat blouse with half or full sleeves, a low neck and is usually gathered at the middle of the shoulder to be adjusted. At many companies, in India and Pakistan, the uniform for females is Saree and women, when wearing a sari uniform, don a short-sleeved shirt attached in at the waist. Almost all the styles are popular in handmade Saree designs. These designs help you to select the classy piece for yourself.

Rose pink embroidered Saree

Persian green embroidered Saree

Saree is also a cultural heritage of sub-continent. It has been used as a dress in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri-lanka and some other Asian countries. Chad, Sudan, Niger, Somaliya, South Africa and some other African countries also wear a dress like saree. Nivi is today’s most popular Saree style in Pakistan and India. The method to wrap up Nivi style saree is to drape with one end of the sari tucked into the waistband of the petticoat, usually a plain skirt or petticoat. The cloth is wrapped around the lower body once, then hand-gathered into even pleats below the navel. The pleats are slipped into the waistband of the petticoat. The dress Saree has a unique grace in itself which ultimately shapes up the personality of the female. Basically Saree creates a graceful, decorative effect, to which poets have linked to the petals of a flower. Saree is also a dress used for wedding, formal party and other functions. A lot of designers are working on the handmade Saree designs. Different handmade Saree styles contain sarees which are unique in their styles, are decorative with ZARI, DABKA, NAQSHI, raw thread embroidery and different crafting elements. In simple words if handmade Saree designs are chosen for you, then it can add meaning to your beauty.