How do you where a sari?

Answer 1

Instructions
STEP 1: Put on the petticoat and tighten the drawstring.

STEP 2: Don your traditional cropped shirt.

STEP 3: Beginning at the navel, tuck the inner top edge of the sari into the left side of the petticoat and wrap the sari once completely around the body, ending once more at the left side. Make certain the hem touches the ground.

STEP 4: Holding the tucked waist tightly, begin pleating material 5 inches deep with your fingers, keeping folds even and straight.

STEP 5: Gather about 1 yard into approximately 7 to 10 pleats. Hold them together so that they fall evenly.

STEP 6: Wrap material fully around your waist one more time going from left to right. Bring the remainder up under your right arm and drape over the left shoulder so edge falls to about knee level.

STEP 7: Tuck pleats into waistband slightly to the left of your navel.

STEP 8: Use a small pin to prevent the end portion, called the pallav, from slipping from the shoulder.

STEP 9: Place a small pin wherever you need a little more security.

Tips & Warnings
Experiment with the endless designs and materials available. Also keep in mind that jewelry is especially complementary to the sari.

Practice. It gets increasingly easy with experience.

Read up! The history of the sari is fascinating, and reading about the cultures that wear them adds to the pleasure, too. -

Answer 2

It is a bit complecated, it needs to be wrapped around you in a certain manner, than pleated and tucked, then the end is placed over your shoulder. Depending on where you are from in India, what caste you are ect there are different ways to wear it, you really need some one to teach you how to wrap it properly

Answer 3

jayaraman is right