A saree is the other name of glamour and ethnicity. Handloom saris are available in cotton, silk, crepe, chiffon, georgette and satin with beautiful work engraved on it. From fine embroidery to bold prints and zari or brocade work, saris are designed for graceful look.The most famous sarees of south India, the Kanjeevaram sarees are made in the temple town Kanchipuram of Tamil Nadu. This town is also known as ‘Silk City’ due to its main profession of weaving silk sarees. The traditional kanjivaram sarees have a richly worked upon pallu and border in golden thread with lighter designs in the inner body of the saree. Chandelier is a historical town of Madhya Pradesh state in India. It is a renowned center for the famous hand-woven Chanderi sarees. The light weight Chanderi sari has a sheer texture and glossy transparency. These cotton sarees are best as summer wear.

Baluchari Sarees
This saree from Murshidabad district of West Bengal is usually a five yards saree and is 42” wide in bright colors like flame red, purple and occasionally in deep blue. These sarees are made of silk and woven on looms. These are about 200 year old. The sarees look similar to Banarasi sarees. There is only one difference between the two sarees, Baluchari sarees use only silk threads and Banarasi sarees do use zari threads.

Here is Tips on How to purchase saree ?

Saree or Sari is the one outfit that every Indian woman loves the most. How much modern she becomes but on certain occasions she likes wearing saree only. Saree is the most charming Indian outfit. It makes a woman look graceful, stylish, elegant and sensuous.

But every saree is not for every woman. Purchasing sari is a very tricky task that requires proper understanding and knowledge. Scroll below for knowing the same.

How to Buy a Saree

    Saree should always be purchased depending on one’s physique. Thus heavy or plus size women should always go for sarees in Georgette, chiffon or chignon fabric. Also heavy Mysore silk sarees look good on heavy women. These sarees also makes heavy women look slimmer.

On the contrary thin or slim women should buy sarees made of fabrics like Organza, Cotton, Tissue and Tussar. Thin women look fuller in them which in turn make them look good to look at. These fabric sarees work tremendously on them.

Lehenga Volume

When short height women go to purchase saree they should look for saris with small borders or no borders. Small border sarees gives them an illusion of height. While big borders sarees make short women look shorter than they are. Thus be away from them.

On tall women almost every saree look best. Small border sarees, big border sarees etc. all enhances their show. Being of tall height is an added advantage in it.

Plus size women should avoid wearing big print sarees as they tend to make them look huge. On the other hand slim women can wear big and small printed both saris.

Dark complexioned women should always wear dark color saris like maroon, green, purple, dark blue, dark pink etc. These colors give them nice and fabulous look.

Fair complexioned women look good in dark and pastel color both saris.

Remembering these simple tips while buying a saree will make your shopping enjoyable experience and you will end up in purchasing a masterpiece for you. Saree is no doubt classic attire but gives classic look when worn in accordance to your figure.