Indian sari impresses with its richness, elegance, rich colors.It creates it by hand only men.In one product out of seven months.His weave, dye, paint, embroider, decorate with stones.Quality sari is expensive, but will last for decades.And even today, the majority of Indian women prefer it to modern forms of clothing.
Legends about Indian clothing
Although sari - a long piece of cloth, there are many legends about its origin.On one of them, a creation of love weaver, who during his work and dreaming long woven cloth.And as he thought of his beloved, the fabric has turned the unimaginable beauty.From that moment, the sari is woven, paint, embroider only "hereditary" male weavers.
According to another version, the Sultan lost his enemies the state, itself, all the property, and even his wife.The enemy decided to publicly mock sultan's wife, but could not.Women's prayers were answered by the Indian deity, her outfit turned into an endless sari that could not unwind the enemies.
Scientists also explain the appearance of a traditional Indian clothing.This "innovation" of the femoral bandage primitive people.At the same time on the sari is mentioned in ancient chronicles.That is, while some nations paraded in animal skins, oriental princess showed beautiful Indian saris.Photos Indian women of different classes only confirm the variety and splendor of the traditional clothing.
What a sari?
seamless This is a long piece of cloth from 5 to 12 meters.Initially, there were two pieces, one wrapped around the hips, and the second in the chest as the topic.Over time, the sari is a whole web that wrapped around the skirt and passed up, covering her head and shoulders.This piece of cloth hanging from his shoulders, most richly painted and decorated in order to show the richness and beauty of the garments.
Influenced by European colonists girl without a topic and skirts did not put none of the Indian sari.Photos traditional dress of Indian women shows how modern ornate saris by colors, elegance and style.There are suits consisting of pants with a shirt and trousers or a topic covered with saris.Thus it may be long, short, transparent.Classic saris have one or two side of the border (the edge of this pattern).
Early saris distributed on the color value.For example, the bride wore only a red sari with gold pattern, postpartum women wore yellow robes, the widow dresses in white, the lower classes - in blue.But now the color symbolism has lost its meaning.
Types saris
So, Indian saris - long a broad canvas of one or more colors on each side has one or two border and pallu worked (one edge, covering the head) with patterns.In India, at the place of production of saris has its own peculiarities and differences.So, Benares saris created for special occasions.Embroider their gold and silver threads around the silk cloth.The pattern is very rich, decorated with stones.
in Orissa used the technique of "ikat", reminiscent of the colors of the Tajik, Uzbek or patterns.The essence of this weaving that yarn is first applied to image several times, every strand prosushivaya separately, and then woven material.Sambalpuri apparel depicts religious symbols (flowers, wheels, sinks) in honor of the god Jagannath.
Chess Indian saris produced in the district Bargara.The Sonepur clothes dyed ikat style with bright colors on religious themes.Bapt characterized by the presence of silk saris and cotton strands dyed gold.Depending on the pattern, labor costs, material sari can cost from 13 to 666 dollars.
Indian sari as a costume
Under wear a sari skirt and topic.The skirt should be straight cut by seven centimeters shorter sari.It is combined with the color pattern tippet, whether transparent or dense tissue.The skirt should be a belt or lace-up to tight to the body and slipped under the weight of five to twelve-sari.In addition, the edge of the canvas can be hidden under the waistband of the skirt, which also requires a snug fit to the body.
topic is called "Choli".Without it, no cost, no Indian sari.Photo shows the variety of blouses cut-backs.At the same time it looks to the maximum closed.Blouse can be short, long sleeves or without them.Choli should also be in harmony with all the color ensemble.
Indian sari: how to dress
- classic way - nivi.The edges of the sari, right, tucked into a skirt in a circle.Then tucked in his belt folds on the left side, but not on his side.Their width is 5-10 centimeters, no less, otherwise they will be lost when walking.The other end of the sari cover the back, chest and relocating pallu worked over his left shoulder and covers his head.Sometimes (pallu worked) is fixed on the shoulder with pins.With proper draping pallu worked should be longer than the elbow, in extreme cases, to cover the hand.
- Gujarati style.Everyone is doing the same as in the above process only after the formation of folds back cover and immediately throws over his right shoulder ahead.
- Women Maharashtra otherwise wear Indian saris.How to wear a twelve-painting?INDIAN long end is passed between the legs in front and run by his belt.
- If folds in front, it is a style of Coorg, and if a sari drape without him, it's a way to Bengal.
- There are more than a dozen ways of draping the sari, which differ by the number and direction of the folds, the length of Pall revolutions around the waist, an opening left or right hand.
Sew Indian sari
Quite simply sew Indian sari for girls for carnival and dance.It will take five meters crepe satin and lace ten meters with a beautiful pattern.The width of the fabric is chosen so that once sew a skirt or fold the fabric.
For example, the atlas of eighty centimeters wide and five meters long.Not a piece of cloth, two meters from the stitch skirt with an elastic band.The remaining three meters on each side sheathed with braid.This will be the sari.Top can be taken from the cook or sew T-shirts, decorate the same tape.
to dance a very convenient indian costume.Sari does not fall down when driving on the shoulder and it is fixed with a pin.To pick up along decorations on the head, arms, legs and sandals.
For girls you can make an analogue Indian saris.Separately, make a straight skirt to the ankles.Top can be converted from the T-shirts.For saris need transparent or dense tissue from five meters.Please note that the material skirts, blouses and saris should be combined by coloring.As a border, use braid with unusual pattern.
Another version of the Indian costume
choose to sew satin, satin, chiffon, silk, fine cotton for a stamp if you want to emphasize the lightness and femininity.Denser tissue badly hold the desired shape.How to make Indian sari for the carnival?Of crepe-satin skirt polusolntse sew, sew the bottom of the piping, and decorate with ribbon belt.The same cut sew two of nylon petticoats to ten centimeters long satin tier.
Obsheyte their piping.Blouses sew the pattern for any stamp, in which the bottom, sleeves and neck to be treated in the same style.At the head sew the veil of guipure.Just a two-meter otrez stitch, prisborivaete and decorate decorative flower.
skirt can sew a straight cut with side slits.Garnish with a skirt, top and sari with sequins, lace.Sari organza in this case is short, as the veil, the function of the headdress.In this type you can sew a short straight indian dress sari.
dance skirt can make of the wedges in two or three tiers.Petticoat may be transparent, but long.A subsequent tiers shorter, but satin fabric.Above you can tie a belt with coins.Instead, sew skirt trousers (wide pants, tapered at the ankle).
Sewing
salwar trousers like trousers called salwar.They are worn with a long straight cut tunic called kameez and stole (dupattoy).Bloomers can be a yoke, wide and normal.If you are going to sew Indian sari with his hands, then pay attention to the "unusual" patterns of any details of clothing (pants, blouses, tunics).
to sew salwar measure hip girth and length of the product.In fact, you will need two yoke sidewalls, four potassium (inside), two pieces on the bottom podvorot.Coquette as two rectangles the size of the belt.Due to its width can be extended salwar.
The sides also presented a rectangle the length of the entire product.Kali reminds coupled rectangle with a triangle whose apex is cut, that is the size of the top of the yoke, and then gradually taper one end to the opposite side.That is connected to the sidewall and potassium, which are sewn onto the yoke.Thus potassium to make several folds.And to the bottom of pants sewn gateways.
Sewing chudidar, choli
Before you sew the Indian sari, you need to know what to wear.Young girls prefer tunic chudidar (this pants, tapered from the knee).In fact, they look like jeans with narrow trousers, belts are only folds (almost like breeches).Indian tailors tailor just two parts of the right and left half chudidar.
This requires a high consumption of tissue, but less time is spent on sewing.Beginners can find seamstresses pattern trousers with narrower trouser leg at the ankle.Just need a little change a pattern, increasing the size of its folds and sew.
Choli - a blouse with long or short sleeve.Follow a pattern similar to the style of the shirt, that is, the sleeve is long and splashed a little height.To stamp choose flexible or thin cotton cloth.It will take measurements of the chest, sleeve, shoulder, length, waist.Although there are short tops that end under the breast.
Indian tailors patterns offer a variety of shapes and cuts.They differ from the simplified patterns of topics, so the product with a deep cut on his back sits perfectly.
Summary of
Beginners craftswomen difficult to make a pattern using the original Indian sari.Photo choli with unusual cuts confirms the professionalism of Indian tailors.Note that despite the different "petal", "wavy", "oblique", "curly" line, not bristling blouse and holds its shape well.
why newcomers better to find similar patterns with patterns in "Burda" in translation into the fabric and sew choli, punching, dresses.To choose a sari silk, chiffon, organza, satin, satin.To get rich pattern, use braid, sequins, beads, beads.
