| Every time we see an Indian woman wearing a | | | | There are other ways or styles to drape a saree and |
| brightly-colored saree, we can't help but be amazed by | | | | one of this is the kaccha nivi style. An Indian woman |
| how graceful and womanly they look. We marvel at | | | | who uses this style will have to pleat the saree cloth |
| how the cloth's colors and the way the saree drapes | | | | and pass it through her legs before tucking it into her |
| and falls in folds about an Indian woman's body, seem | | | | back at the waist. This type of draping is used by an |
| to embody her femininity. We gape and can't help but | | | | Indian woman, who would like to have her legs |
| be awed at how even the slightest movements of | | | | covered while she moves around freely. This style is |
| their bodies seem to speak volumes as they move | | | | more of the traditional way of draping a saree |
| about almost sensuously despite the voluminous quality | | | | although there is now a modern nivi style that is used |
| of the saree's cloth wrapped around the waist. Then, | | | | by most Indian women. |
| we wonder, what is exactly the mystery behind the | | | | The modern nivi style is done by an Indian woman |
| saree? | | | | tucking one end of her saree into her petticoat's |
| A saree or sari, as it is commonly known, is a piece of | | | | waistband. She wraps the fabric of the saree from |
| clothing traditionally worn by Indian women that is as | | | | her hips down just once and gathers it into pleats |
| long as nine yards in length. Aside from the cloth | | | | below her navel. She also tucks these pleats into her |
| though, an Indian woman wears an upper garment that | | | | petticoat's waistband. This type of pleat is called as |
| is made of the exact same cloth or has the same | | | | kick pleat in the West and makes movements |
| design or depicts one of the colors of the saree. This | | | | especially walking, easier. The Indian woman then |
| upper garment could either be cropped short baring | | | | drapes the saree's loose end over her shoulder, from |
| some skin from the midriff down to the navel or longer, | | | | her right hip over to the left shoulder. When wearing a |
| that which it could be tucked in to the saree's waist. | | | | cropped blouse, the Indian women show a peek of her |
| From the waist down of the saree, an Indian woman | | | | midriff through this draping style. Sometimes, this type |
| wears a petticoat, to lessen the sheerness of the | | | | of saree draping calls for an Indian woman to just |
| saree's fabric, which is mostly woven cloth or silk. | | | | adjust the loose end to either show or hide her navel |
| The allure of the saree comes not only from the way | | | | for a more sultry look. |
| it hints at a body's curves but also in the way it is | | | | There are still other types of saree draping that an |
| draped on an Indian woman's body. This draping could | | | | Indian woman uses. These styles differ though are |
| actually be done in several ways. The most common | | | | based on what part of India she is from and on what |
| way is when an Indian woman winds or wraps the | | | | traditional style of draping she is following. An Indian |
| saree around her waist and then drapes the extra | | | | woman sometimes wears a saree not only as a piece |
| cloth over her shoulder and lets it fall down over her | | | | of clothing but also to show where she comes from. |
| right breast. | | | | |