Saree Seductress

I know, she isn’t really “wearing” a saree – but it looked kind of seductive.

Ivory and zari spotted at Anita Dongre’s collection at LFW

Nice interplay of Ivory and zari by Anita Dongre. There was another pinkish/red saree that I liked better from her collection.

Was never really fond of these broad borders

Western India Princess contestant in a saree – doesn’t work from several different views – makes her look shorter, the pallu is a bit awkward and some flexibility on how to drape is lost.

Celina Jaitely looking classy and exotic

Celina Jaitely looks very classy and exotic in this Columbia blue saree. This is kind of understated elegance for her and I like it.

More from Satya Paul at Lakme

I’ll post my fav Satya Paul saree from LFW tomorrow, but this one is pretty interesting as well. Large design elements are kind of hard to pull off, but for this one, some thought has gone in to the placement, so it is not too bad.

Saree Power: celebration after the passage of the bill reserving 33% of the seats in legislature

The upper house of India’s Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of the seats in India’s national and state legislatures for women.

The feminist in me approves of this bill and the constitutional amendment. I am actually saddened that one needs a constitutional amendment for this. There are 51% women, if all was well, there would be 51% lawmakers in Delhi and all other state capitols – 33% is very reasonable.

Sri Lanakan Sarees

Here are some more pictures of the classic Kandyan Saree for the Sri Lankan airline. In the last picture, you can see a white and maroon Kendyan saree which is more traditional and not necessarily very flattering. But the new design is very contemporary, very soft and captures the spirit of Sri Lanka.

Here is the last post about the Kandyan Saree uniform.

Shrivan Naresh Saree – where did I put my newspaper?

My grandmother told me a long time ago.. “son… if you don’t have anything good to say about somebody, you don’t have to comment, you can just go back to reading a newspaper.”

In that spirit, here is a link to NY Times.