All you need is this device along with some easy clips that will help you to hold saree pleats in place till you tuck them in properly. The process follows four easy steps —. The first step is to wear a petticoat and drape saree around it to complete one round around your waist. Insert the black plate of the magnetic pleat maker into your petticoat to start with. Make sure it is in place.
To start pleating, you need to grab the end of the pallu and place it in the first hook of the pleat maker. Now start by wrapping pallu over it. The first pleat will be formed as you wrap it over the first tab. Now to form the second pleat, pull the colourful side of pleat maker from the top and place it over the first pleat. It will be fully covered and you can now make the second pleat with a new tab. Make remaining 4 to 5 pleats using the same technique and keep pulling the tabs of the pleat maker as soon as you are done making a pleat be ready to make a new one.
Align the pleats properly while pleats are secured in place by the pleat maker. Before you remove the pleat maker, make sure you secure the pleats from top till the end using clips or safety pins.
You are now free to remove the magnetic pleat maker. While holding the fully secured pallu, take the pleated strips behind your back in order to set the pallu in the desired style.
Once you adjust one end of pallu on left shoulder, use a clip to secure it with blouse. Too much of mismatched, loud and colourful jewellery can ruin the saree look and also make you look gaudy. The trick is to keep it simple and minimal just so that the beauty of the saree is more pronounced with the help of the jewellery instead of getting ruined.
Simply wear one statement piece of jewellery that suits your saree. Also forget the prehistoric matchings concept— matching bangles, bindi, earrings etc. Contrast is the key and it is more important that your accessories suit you more than just matching your saree.
Getting the pallu right is the most important part of draping the saree. More importantly, make sure that the pallu covers the front of the blouse properly. It is not right to keep the pallu too narrow over the front part of the blouse. In some cases it creates an impression as if the bosom is too broad and bulged sideways with more fat on the sides which makes you look older in age and in some women it makes them look as if the upper part of their body is too lean and not in tune with the lower part of the body.
Simply speaking wearing a pallu too narrow through the middle of the bosom makes you look unstructured. The idea of wearing a saree is to flaunt the feminine figure but not to make yourself look in bad shape.
Also keeping the pallu improper and revealing too much makes your saree appear like a pub wear. Here are a few cases when your saree look could get ruined with a tad too much of skin show and improper draping. Not giving your bag enough attention is a mistake that people often make that could very likely ruin their saree look for them.
See to it that your bag is just right for the saree and not too huge. Clutches and potli bags go best along with sarees instead of huge bags. Among all the accessories that add beauty to your saree are the footwear that you choose to wear. It would be best not to choose wedges, ballerina flats or flip flops to go along with your saree. Stilettos and peep toes go well with sarees. Just as a badly done blouse can ruin your saree, so can the wrongly colored petticoat. Also see to it that the fabric and the fitting of the petticoat is perfect so that it does not play a spoilsport to your saree.
Flared petticoats should be avoided as they will make you look fat and shapeless. Loose petticoats will also create folds ruining the looks of your beautiful saree.
Each pleat should be four to five inches wide. Assemble the pleats in a way that all the pleats fall straight and evenly just above the floor. Now tuck the pleats into the petticoat neatly, adjusting the pleats slightly to left side of the navel. Make sure that the pleats open to your left for a complete look.
In order to make sure that your pleats stay exactly where they are meant to be, use a safety pin to keep your saree from scattering. Match the color of your safety pin with your saree so that it is easily blended into the overall look and does not stick out like a sore thumb.
Step 5: Drape and Wrap. Drape the extra saree around your hips from left to right while holding the top end of the fabric. This is perhaps the most decisive factor while wearing a saree , as the entire look depends on how gracefully you are carrying the Pallu. A pallu is the decorative end of the saree that falls on the shoulder. It can be styled in a number of ways depending on the design and personal choice.
You can pleat the pallu by pinning it to the shoulder or keep it open. No matter how you decide to style your pallu, make sure that you carry it comfortably and seamlessly for the perfect look. If you want your pallu to flow openly, then simply drape the pallu over your shoulder and let it fall gracefully over your arm. You can pin the pallu at your hip to keep it from slipping or falling.
This little hack also allows your arm to move freely without any hassle of carrying the pallu at all times. For a pleated pallu, you have to make seven to eight vertical pleats of the saree. A mistake that many new saree wearers make is trying to put too many pleats in their saree. While having at least pleats can make a saree look structured and classy, adding too many pleats can make a woman look thicker around their midriff.
Extra pleats can be sophisticated on a woman who has a slender waist that can take the extra bulk, but longer, looser pleats can be more flattering on some body types.
Experimenting with the number of pleats you use depending on each individual saree you own can help you determine the optimal number of pleats for your personal style. The position of your saree when you wrap it around the hip makes a big difference in how your saree pleats look in your finished outfit.
Setting your saree too high can seem outdated and prudish, while positioning it too low at the hip can look cheap or immodest. One tip that can make pleating a saree much easier is choosing a well-fitted saree blouse to place it over. A saree blouse that is ill-fitting will bunch unattractively and will not provide a level surface for you to fold or drape your saree pleats on. Not only does a misfit blouse make it harder to fold your pleats evenly, it can also be unflattering.
A blouse that is too small will make you look chunky from behind and can cause back fat to bulge out. The best way to get a saree blouse that fits perfectly is to get a blouse that is customized to your body by a tailor. This gives wearers perfect measurements for their blouse to ensure a fitted look. This is especially helpful if you are planning to pleat the saree as you go rather than pre-pleating it the evening before.
Helpers can also help pin the saree securely in place at points where it would be difficult for the wearer to reach themselves.
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