All About a Saree - Your Ultimate Party Wear !

Saree is one elegant dress that makes a woman graceful to the core. Coupled with heels or flats, this dressing style can equally bring finesse and elegance to women of all ages for all formal occasions. I wore it for the first time on my sister’s wedding that happened well before my high school farewell. Otherwise, “My first ” on this dress had surely happen at the later occasion because Saree is an absolute mandatory dress code for farewell parties since forever.

This is more popular in India though and the women wear Saree of any fabric as a daily wear. Till date, I can recall only one person, my Urdu literature teacher from high school, who wore Saree everyday. Since the temperature of Lahore remains hot for eight months, the fabric she used was predominantly Cotton/Lawn/Mulmul. No doubt her aura was always leveled up and distinct from the rest of her league.

In Pakistan, Saree is more of a party dress. It could never establish itself beyond a formal wear. So you will only see it in parties. A couple of years ago, I had a presentation to make at my workplace and I was pretty nervous about my attire. Till date, I clearly remember how badly I wanted to wear Saree to work but two things stopped me (1) All Sarees that I had were embellished – so I didn’t have the right one for the official meeting (2) The acceptability of that dress kept bothering me. I didn’t want to feel uncomfortable. That day, I really wished Saree to be a common wear :/

Btw, wearing a Saree is an art – I mean, in case you go by the book. May Allah bless that person who cracked the code of stitching the Saree for people like us who never found any mentor or help who could teach us the technique. Even my mother knew jack and encouraged us to get it stitched.

I got one made for my wedding. Had bought it from India. Later, upon gaining few pounds, I wore my mother’s Saree a couple of times. No matter how many Sarees I have worn, this one always gave me a special kind of happiness. I’m actually that kid among the siblings who loves keeping my mother’s stuff. I have a lot of gratitude for this woman – and using what she wore gives me confidence and a lot of satisfaction. I have also kept a lot of her dupattas and use them every now and then. I believe they still smell of her and imagining her close by makes me happy 🙂

I have just dug down my entire photo gallery to show you some of the pieces I had. Let’s have a look !!!

The blouse was fully embellished from front and back. The Saree was totally Jet Black, Wore it with blue danglers and black heels. Got it made from Liberty Market, Lahore.

Got this one from India. Fabric was Georgette and it had stone work spread out on the entire Saree.

This one is my mother’s Saree and she wore it almost at the same age when I got a chance to wear it. This one will always hold a special place in my heart. It is a very fine, floral-printed chiffon coupled with a jet black blouse. Wore it with black heels and long-chained, red clutch.

You can never go wrong with a Saree. Plus, you look sharp in this dress.Although I have tried both tied and loose hair with this one but I guess the first option has always given me a better finesse. You can try different hairstyles to see which one suits better with your Saree.

Kajol’s make over in “Kuch Kuch Hota hai” with absolute gorgeous Saree colors, Madhuri Dixit’s appearance in “Kab Tak chup bethain” song in “Dil Tu Pagal Hay” and Sushmita Sen’s red Saree in “Main Hon Na” makes me go gaga for this dress over and over again. These fashion divas have truly nailed this dress and taken it to the next level. I think this dress stands out even better when plain. Here are my top favorite looks.