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[3 Sep 2011 | No Comment | 117 views]
Sari: The regional flavour

From what we see of Indian soaps, a suhaagan (married woman) is identified by her three possessions without which she is incomplete.  Adorning her hair with vermillion sindoor (powder), sporting a mangalsutra around the neck and dressing in a vibrant sari is a marital trademark for an Indian woman.
Sari, the Indian national dress and emblem of style, is sported by Pakistani women on various occasions ranging from weddings to formal gatherings. And it seems that the blouses are getting trendier; from bustier to off-shoulder, the shifting fashion …

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[25 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 2,455 views]
Learn to Wrap a Sari perfectly

A sari is a traditional dress worn by women in the south Asian countries. The approximate length of the sari is about 6 meters. There are many different kinds of saris. At the same time there are many ways of how you can wrap a sari around you. Depending on the type of occasion and the area that you live in you can decide on how you want to wrap the sari.
The most common way to wrap a sari …

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[16 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 1,446 views]
Will you wear your mom’s bridal ensemble on your wedding?

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who tied the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik earlier this week, looked stunning on her wedding day in a red bridal sari that belonged to her mother. The sari was worn by Sania’s mom, Nasima, on her wedding day 25 years ago.
Reportedly, Sania always wanted to wear her mother’s sari for her wedding when she first laid her eyes on it as a teenager. Now, the question is how many girls will wear …

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[29 Apr 2008 | No Comment | 438 views]

The saas-bahu serials from India have led to a craze for saris in Pakistan and traders say the obsession has become so big that women there have named the saris after the characters of the popular serials.
Thus you have Kumkum saris, Ramola, Tulsi and Parvati saris and anyone visiting India is told to get them, says Arshad Ali Khan, a trader from Karachi.
“Till a few years back, there were not many takers for saris in Pakistan but suddenly you see women all around wearing saris, even at parties and social …