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Though earlier only elder generation women would pick them up, now many young girls choose them for their elegant looks. Prashant Kolhe, a management executive, said, "My grandmother used to wear a nine-yard sari. It would look great on her. She used to carry it very well. I guess Indian saris are the best fashion wear available on the globe.
A sari (sometimes also saree [1] or sadi) [note 1] is a drape (cloth) [2] and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. [3] It consists of an un-stitched stretch of woven fabric arranged over the body as a dress, with one end attached to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole, [4] [5] sometimes baring a part of the midriff.
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[3] [4] It normally takes place at the girl's home. [1] She receives half-saris, which she wears until she is married, when she wears a full sari. [1] During the first part of the ceremony, the girl wears a langa voni, or half sari. Her maternal uncle then gifts her her first sari, which she wears during the second half of the ceremony.
The ancient Roman Villa Romana del Casale (286–305 AD) in Sicily has one of the earliest known bikini-type images. According to archaeologist James Mellaart , a mural from the Chalcolithic era (around 5600 BC) in Çatalhöyük , Anatolia depicts a mother goddess astride two leopards wearing a costume somewhat like a bikini.
Sari display at a store. A wedding sari is a traditional South Asian wedding dress.. Traditional Indian bride in Sari . Wedding saris are usually red, a colour associated with married women, although colour combinations vary by region, caste, and religion.
Women in ghagra choli, c. 1872. Ghagra choli (also known as lehenga choli and chaniya choli) is a type of ethnic clothing for women from India, notably in the Indian states of Rajasthan, [1] [2] Gujarat, [3] Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and southern Nepal in Terai plains.
Bhagyashree in 2015. She started her acting career with the 1987 television serial Kachchi Dhoop, which was based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.She was approached to act in the serial by Amol Palekar, a renowned actor-director who offered her the role as the original actress had abandoned the project abruptly.