Drape A Saree - The kandyan Style

A Step By Step Guide

Step 1

Wear a blouse and a petticoat the normal way. Traditionally, a long blouse is worn with Osaria style.

Step 2

Pleat a nice and long pallu and place it the way you wear it in nivi style. Pin the pallu to the blouse.

Step 3Tie a cloth belt tightly around your waist over the front side of the pallu. The end of pallu is to be left loose just like nivi style.

Step 4Drape the remaining sari that hangs below the belt around the lower part of your body.

Step 5Once the petticoat is covered, do the front pleats. Leave a fair amount of saree so that it can be used for further draping.

Step 6Tuck the upper side of the front pleat under the belt and pull it out from the other end. This way the pleats will be under the belt, over the pleated pallu. But the upper border of the front pleat will be visible over the belt.

Step 7

Carefully spread the upper end of the front pleats over the belt in a manner that it covers the belt completely. It will look like tiny pleats around your waist above the long front pleat.

Step 8

Drape the rest of the saree over the frontal pleat and tuck it under the belt. The tiny pleats around your waist will be on top; the drape, in the middle; and the frontal pleats, in the end. It will be a tree-layer draping. Make sure to cover the frontal pleats with the last drape.

Jacqueline Fernandez in traditional Kandyan drape

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