How to Drape a Traditional Banarasi Saree: Step by Step Guide
Posted by Nitul Bhanjadeo on July 8th, 2022
A saree describes the custom of their community when one drapes it. Your presentation brings grace to your identity and beauty.
When you want to show your elegance through a traditional banarasi saree, you need to follow etiquette in your wearing style, as banarasi silk sarees are the epitome of royal and rich Indian culture.
Every dress has its style to follow, and today's textile market comes with various dress combinations to give a new definition to the fashion statement.
As a newbie, it becomes difficult to adopt the appropriate style of wearing banarasi sarees for the first time.
This blog will be helpful for all those who want to learn to drape the lightweight banarasi silk saree for regular wear and on party evenings.
Sarees and Its Parts – A Must-Know Before Draping It
Every saree divides its six-yard fabric into three main parts. They are – A base or field, Hems or Borders, and the Pallu or a loose end-piece.
Indian Saree concept has these three segments that possess exquisite handwork and designs to flourish the ethnicity and incredible Indian art style globally.
Let's explore the glorious parts of a traditional banarasi silk saree sequentially.
A Base or Field: A Field is the cloth piece that lies between the hems and two extreme ends of the saree.
This part is the body part that consists of numerous patterns, designs, embroideries, and print works that make any saree look appealing and beautiful.
Generally, A wedding banarasi saree comes in 4 flavors of ethnicity. They are Tanchoi, Jangla, Cutwork, Tissue, and Butidaar.
Artisans showcase their expertise in weaving and stitching works of embroideries like Mughal and Persian motifs, paisleys, natural vegetation, floral art, leaves, animals, and other arts on the body part of the saree, which we call a body or base of the saree.
Borders: Also known as hems, borders are the finishing parts that ornate the saree with golden Zari works to make it look more beautiful.
Pallu or Anchal: Anchal or Pallu looks like a free end-piece in the saree and carries the prosperity of the tradition and culture through splendid weaving works of golden and silver Zari works with the embellishment of intricate and continuous patterns of animals, flowers, tribes, paisleys, pots, and many more designs to give a touch of completeness to the attire.
Women in India believe pallu is the pious part of the banarasi regalia that gathers the blessings of elders. Hence, they use it to cover their head through this anchal on different occasions in the family.
How to Drape a Traditional Banarasi Saree?
Women in India love to drape the sarees according to their comfort and height.
Some prefer skin complexion as a part of styling up their fashion as they want to cover their skin color from others.
We bring you the best method of draping the sarees that every woman follows on average.
Step 1: Choose the color of the underskirt according to the color of your banarasi saree.
Step 2: Hold the opposite part of the pallu and tuck it around your waist. Tuck gently to cover the underskirt.
Step 3: Now, bring the pallu piece from the backside of your waist and make pleats through it. Hold the pleats by loosening the other part of the pallu. Once the pallu is ready, adjust the pallu to put on the shoulder. Note that the length of the free end of the pallu is 90 cm (between the waist and the shoulder).
Step 4: Fix the Anchal (pallu) with the blouse at the intersecting point through a safety pin to hold the anchal folding.
Step 5: Hold the border part of the pallu and adjust it to move for the next step of draping the saree.
Step 6: Hold the border portion and fix it with the other end border portion tucked earlier in the waist through another safety pin.
Step 7: Bring the remaining parts of the saree to make pleats on the front. Please note to make pleats of equal length to save spoiling your front look. Finally, tuck the pleats inside the waist.
Note: Be clear about the folds that you do. It should not dismantle on other folds. All should be in one sequence.
Besides that, crawl for suitable color options if searching for a banarasi silk saree online.
Loo!!! Your Saree is ready to shower you with prosperity and bring grace to your beauty.
Conclusion
Even though women feel wearing the traditional banarasi saree is challenging, following the above steps one after the other gets easier to drape religiously. Practice it while wearing sarees, especially wedding banarasi sarees, to ace the skill of dressing up correctly so that you look adorable and unique in the crowd.
