[tIcKLeMe]

i will be attending a formal indian wedding this weekend and i was thinking of making use on one of my many sarees which ive never touched before. dunno why i keep asking my mom to buy them for me whenever she's in india but i feel that sarees are just so elegant, dont you think so?

the thing is, i have forgotten how to tie a saree as ive only attended the class once, many years ago. however, i've managed to google a few good "how to tie a saree" sites and i thought i'd like to share with you guys as well.

if there are any of you babes, especially indian babes out there, please kindly help me with my little dilemma here okay? or are there any shops that will tie for you with a small fee? after looking at the sites, i am a little more confident but would still prefer a professional to be tying it for me. teeheehee.

here are the sites i've managed to find through my best online friend, google.com.

http://www.utsavsarees.com/pages/wearsari.htm

http://www.shijucreation.com/wearingasari. htm

http://www.sarisafari.com/howtowear.html

http://www.varietysilks.com/blouse. htm

p/s: i believe ive been told before that folding the sarees over your right/left shoulders convey different meanings. so it should be over my left shoulder for a wedding rite? and wearing pottus (the little stickies on your forehead) should not be red as that is only for married ladies, ya?

[babylicious]

babe, i dont noe how to wear or tie the saree/sari...but i wan u to show me ur sari by posting pics!....wanna see which one da best for wedding :D

[tIcKLeMe]

lol, will do, will do.

[Cas]

tIcKLeMe oo you used to be able to tie a saree yourself? impressive! i've never tied a saree myself before, only wore a saree once some time ago, that too got a help from a professional. You can check out the pic under photography showoff: under the bf etc category. To tie a saree is quite difficult la and can get a bit annoying although the end results are gorgeous. Will you be wearing a saree blouse? If i were you i'd go for a halter or spaghetti strap top, that's the new modern way. There's a shop in bfields that charges RM25 for the service and she does a good job. takes about 30 mins or so to tie it. 0163721101 Ms Viji, try contacting her and see how it goes. It's always good to see non-indians wear a saree coz they look real good in it. The red pottu is only worn by women who are married and this indicates to other men that they're already taken. go for the bindhis, they come in different shapes and sizes, you can get them at masjid india for less than RM8. And over the right or left shoulder doesn't really matter, it's up to your prefrence. Hope this helps and don't forget to post up pics of you in a saree. Cheers babe!

[melsism]

I wore a sari for my company's annual dinner once, I asked an Indian colleague to help me with it.
I can still roughly remember how to put it on but I didn't realise that there were different meanings for leaving the sari on either side of the shoulders.

[babylicious]

rm25 for the service!! whoaaa!!!! not bad wat becks shud love dis

[tIcKLeMe]

cas, thank you! i was hoping you would reply.

i have plenty of bindhis as i wear them to clubbing and all (lol, i thought they were all called pottus) and yesh, they are looovely!

rm25? that's great!!! thank you very much cas. you've been very very helpful!

p/s: i tried tying the saree again and i failed miserably. hahaha. i guess it takes at least two to tie it properly esp for newbies like me. i couldnt really tie it myself back then, but i could definitely tie neater and nicer than i can now. haha. thanks a lot again!

[tIcKLeMe]

I wore a sari for my company's annual dinner once, I asked an Indian colleague to help me with it.
I can still roughly remember how to put it on but I didn't realise that there were different meanings for leaving the sari on either side of the shoulders.

hahaha that's coool! yea, my mom said she'll ask around and see if anyone can help me tie it. or else, gotta go brickfields! hehe. show us ur pix in ur saree!! i bet you looked great in it! did you wear a saree blouse?

i'm thinking of wearing a tube or halter or something. haha. i cant decide. :\

This post has been edited by tIcKLeMe: 29 June 2006 - 01:50 PM

[tIcKLeMe]

according to http://www.utsavsarees.com/pages/wearsari.htm,

[awexgiler]

saree..??woosh..me use kain saree to make baju kurung only..

[tIcKLeMe]

wow? baju kurung?

that's interesting. hehe.

[awexgiler]

yep..its beautiful...i like kindda different thing..

[zeta girl]

p/s: i tried tying the saree again and i failed miserably. hahaha. i guess it takes at least two to tie it properly esp for newbies like me. i couldnt really tie it myself back then, but i could definitely tie neater and nicer than i can now. haha. thanks a lot again!

yeah, its neater & nicer if other people tie for you (if you're as inexperienced as i am )

according to http://www.utsavsarees.com/pages/wearsari.htm,

they make it seem so easy!

[zeta girl]

traclyn, there's also 'ready-made' sari... You give the tailor your sari, then she'll take the measurements & sew it..

the pleats part will be like a skirt with hooks at the waist, then the extra cloth will be like attached to this skirt.. So which means, it will look like Step 5 in the picture you posted..

so you just go one more round around your body (Step 6) and then drape it on your shoulder (Step 7)

Hope you get what I'm trying to say coz its a bit hard to explain

i don't know if they have it here in malaysia, I sewed mine in singapore. Pretty cool - less hassle & saves time!

This post has been edited by zeta girl: 29 June 2006 - 05:11 PM

[melsism]

hahaha that's coool! yea, my mom said she'll ask around and see if anyone can help me tie it. or else, gotta go brickfields! hehe. show us ur pix in ur saree!! i bet you looked great in it! did you wear a saree blouse?

i'm thinking of wearing a tube or halter or something. haha. i cant decide. :\

good luck in finding someone...would probably save time and having to travel.

Erm, my pic... can see in my profile, I chose to wear the sari coz I previously bought it in Nepal for about RM15 and never wore it, and then my annual dinner's theme was to wear something orange.
I used a halter backless top for it... I think I prefer modern tops as opposed to the sari blouses available but make sure to chose something that suits your tastes!

[tIcKLeMe]

traclyn, there's also 'ready-made' sari... You give the tailor your sari, then she'll take the measurements & sew it..

i don't know if they have it here in malaysia, I sewed mine in singapore. Pretty cool - less hassle & saves time!

haha yes, they make it look so simple, i failed miserably!!! hahaha. btw, i'm not traclyn, i'm tIcKLeMe ler. tee hee. it's a lil too late to get mine sewn since the wedding is this weekend but really, thank you for suggesting! i might after this sunday. hehe.

[tIcKLeMe]

good luck in finding someone...would probably save time and having to travel.

Erm, my pic... can see in my profile, I chose to wear the sari coz I previously bought it in Nepal for about RM15 and never wore it, and then my annual dinner's theme was to wear something orange.
I used a halter backless top for it... I think I prefer modern tops as opposed to the sari blouses available but make sure to chose something that suits your tastes!

oh my! i saw the pix. you looked sooo sweet in orange!!! teehee! the one im planning to wear is pure silk and i think is about rm200-300 after conversion. but it's around rm700 here, if im not mistaken. so wasted ler if i dont make use of it.

[josara]

wah... ur mum bought it so cheap in India.

I wore saree once and was helped by my boy's aunt. I brought them shopping in masjid india then after they bought it back home they tried it ON ME instead.

the photo was not scanned nor digital... so I cant show.. but they said saree look good for any fairer skin people like us, chinese.

most of the saree blouse is tailored made but also canwear modern wan like tube or halter its really up to u. just wear anything that u feel comfy. dunforget the underskirt before u tie saree!

my boy's family been expecting me to wear saree to go for their function last yr but I turn it down cos its not the time yet. cos he wish to see me wear on our real engagement day.

[tIcKLeMe]

hehe yeaps, india sells like the nicest and yet cheapest sarees!!

i'm so excited about this whole new experience. haha. i'll be wearing a green one. i hope it suits my tanned skin cos the rest isnt as nice as this ler. i'll try to take pix on the wedding nite, yea?

i'll also most likely be wearing a tube or halter. but i dont have a green one. dang!

OT: p/s - you dating an indian? that's cool. maybe your boy's family can teach you on how to tie one!

This post has been edited by tIcKLeMe: 30 June 2006 - 02:27 AM

[melsism]

oh my! i saw the pix. you looked sooo sweet in orange!!! teehee! the one im planning to wear is pure silk and i think is about rm200-300 after conversion. but it's around rm700 here, if im not mistaken. so wasted ler if i dont make use of it.

Thank you
Yeah the sarees here are kinda exp. Your sounds like one of those formal function types with gold trimmings and all... Can't wait to see a pic of you in it!

[tIcKLeMe]

yeaps, my saree has got some fancyful gold trimmings and all. when i first learnt how to tie my saree, i made a mistake by not checking the plain end and the fancyful end, ended up tying my saree 'terbalik'. darn shy.

gonna take a long time to actually master it man.

p/s: no worries. am gonna post the pix. i shall cross my fingers and hope everything goes well this weekend. thanks babes!

This post has been edited by tIcKLeMe: 30 June 2006 - 03:03 AM

[melsism]

hehehe... first time ma, of coz make mistake. I'm worse, my colleague showed me beforehand how to tie one. But on the day itself, I was late and rushed to tie it up. I did it rather simply and it was all coming loose... I think it must have looked kinda bad coz the moment I stepped into Shangri-la, one of the workers there saw me and came up to me and asked if I needed help in tying it again *shy oni*
Her style of tying was different, fancier version... I think she pro dee. She's Chinese but I think the clothes provided to her by the hotel was a sari so she probably wears it often...

[tIcKLeMe]

hahahaa you were pretty lucky. i guess by sat, if i cant find someone to tie, gonna call ms. viji as suggested by cas.

[josara]

OT: p/s - you dating an indian? that's cool. maybe your boy's family can teach you on how to tie one!

yeah this morning I was thinking that why not I master the saree tying skill andmake money out of it. haha!

u can wear black top orwhite top instead of same color, of course must be match lah. the other day I tried was black n sky blue. nice also.

[tIcKLeMe]

yea. having quite a headache finding something to match my saree. the green i have is pretty unique. i'll figure it out. thanks babe! go learn and then teach me for a small fee, okay?!

[josara]

beck, better make early appointment with the lady just in case.. u know weekends got lotsa weddings..

my boy's cousin wed also in this weekend but I'll be out of town so wont be able to go... where's ur friend's wed? (who knows but mayb same person? )

[tIcKLeMe]

hahaha mine's in sheraton subang, me thinks. i sure hope it isnt the same.

it's okays babes. a friend has promised to ask his mom to help me tie.

thanks everyone for ur help and contribution!

[tIcKLeMe]

tahdah! finally made up my mind to wear a black one since the groom said it was fine.

thanks to vickyrao's (another myb member) mom for tying it for me and this pix was taken at his house.



dont mind my silly face. i was overwhelmed. lol.

[babylicious]

OMG!! becks!! gorgeouss!! i love itt!! definitely yummy babe!!

[tIcKLeMe]

samurai, u darn generous ler with your compliments. thank you!