Sari fatigue or sari smitten?

The Indian View
Sangeita Chauhaan, model
“What’s the mystery in a sari? We’ve discovered it, rediscovered it, redraped it. Nothing new about a sari for us, anymore. I’ve grown up seeing my mother, grandmother drape it. So, why should a sari excite me.
When I recently wore a sari for a fashion show, I wondered, what’s new? It’s not something very practical. Personally, I find a sari does a little for me. Indian women are losing their love for the sari. It’s now an inconvenient garment. How many times, do you get lost in the pleats.
I find it tough to walk in a sari on busy streets of Delhi with your cell phone and purse in one hand and shopping bags in the other. I think youngsters are fast abandoning the sari in favour of more comfortable clothing. It’s been happening for sometime now. That emotional and cultural connect with a sari is just fading away.

Of course, you can experiment with the sari, like dare to wear it with a halter blouse. How many families will allow that? Now, that’s the reason girls don’t enjoy wearing a sari. They’re are working out in the gym for hours, going on diets, just to look good and flaunt their body. I’ve also noticed that a guy won’t make a pass at a girl who wears a sari. It takes me a minute to drape sari but still I don’t wear it more than twice or thrice a year!”
The Firang View
Gabriela Silva, Brazilian model

“I think sari is the most glamourous piece of cloth. It can do wonders to your curves. When I saw Elizabeth Hurley in a bright sari, I got all excited and curious about this six yard wonder. When I to came India for modelling, I had to wear a sari for a Varun Bahl show, I can’t explain but I felt like a princess in that heavy embroidered sari. Initially, I was very scared, I thought I will not be able to carry it well and fall down.
But then I started enjoying it. Truly I felt like a star. It’s very tough for me to wear a sari without help; it took me 15 minutes to do the pleats alone and another 20 minutes to sought out the rest of sari. Sari makes you look attractive, feminine, sensuous, sexy and strong. The bare midriff makes you look sizzling hot; if you’ve got a good figure it’s very alluring. You can show your body but not completely, it highlights your curves and is not vulgar at all. My American boyfriend loves to see me in a sari; he gives me more compliments in a sari than any other western dress. A sexy blouse helps me flaunt my beautiful neckline. I must say that sari is the most beautiful piece of Indian garment. That’s why the global woman is seduced by it.”