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Styles of draping Saree

There are more than 80 recorded ways to wear a saree. Fashion designer Shaina NC declared,"I can drape a sari in 54 different styles".
 

 The most common style is for the saree to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end of the drape to be worn over the shoulder, baring the midriff. However, the saree can be draped in several different styles, though some styles do require a saree of a particular length or form. The French cultural anthropologist and saree researcher Chantal Boulanger categorised saree drapes in the following families:
 

• Gobbe Seere – This style is worn by women in the Malnad or Sahyadri and central region of Karnataka. It is worn with 18 molas saree with three four rounds at the waist and a knot after crisscrossing over shoulders.

 

• Gond – sari styles found in many parts of Central India. The cloth is first draped over the left shoulder, then arranged to cover the body.

 

• Malayali style – the two-piece sari, or Mundum Neryathum, worn in Kerala. Usually made of unbleached cotton and decorated with gold or coloured stripes and/or borders. Also the Set-saree, a sort of mundum neryathum.

 

• Tribal styles – often secured by tying them firmly across the chest, covering the breasts.

 

• Kunbi style or denthli:Goan Gauda and Kunbis,and those of them who have migrated to other states use this way of draping Sari or Kappad,this form of draping is created by tying a knot in the fabric below the shoulder and a strip of cloth which crossed the left shoulder was fasten on the back

 

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