Don women wrap sarees differently in different parts of India?
This is a fascinating subject. In the last few centuries, sarees were draped in many hundreds of different ways, with many methods being specific to a particular area, profession, or class. But, increasingly since the Indian independence from Great Britain, the “modern saree” drape is supplanting other draping methods. There are many reasons for this change, most stemming from variations on a desire to be part of a united India. The Automatic Saree is stitched in a permanent “modern saree” drape, and our instructions with diagrams also show this drape. There is a fascinating book on the subject available in English, written by the French scholar Chantal Boulanger, titled Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping. If you are interested in the disappearing art of draping, this book is highly recommended. It is not a “coffee-table book” full of lush photography and meaningless text, but a simple how-to book with black-and-white diagrams showing how to make hundreds of tradi
This is a fascinating subject. In the last few centuries, sarees were draped in many hundreds of different ways, with many methods being specific to a particular area, profession, or class. But, increasingly since the Indian independence from Great Britain, the “modern saree” drape is supplanting other draping methods. There are many reasons for this change, most stemming from variations on a desire to be part of a united India. The Automatic Saree is stitched in a permanent “modern saree” drape, and our instructions with diagrams also show this drape. There is a fascinating book on the subject available in English, written by the French scholar Chantal Boulanger, titled Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping. If you are interested in the disappearing art of draping, this book is highly recommended. It is not a “coffee-table book” full of lush photography and meaningless text, but a simple how-to book with black-and-white diagrams showing how to make hundreds of tradi
