How To Drape a Sari: No. 74 Madisaru Drape - Tamil Nadu, India

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How-to Drape Instructions:

1. Double knot sari at right waist with inner end in front.
2. Fold inner end in half and tuck edge in at center front waist.
3. Make up to 3 small pleats with outer end and tuck in at center front waist.
4. Make up to 3 small pleats with outer end and tuck in at left waist.
5. Make up to 3 small pleats with outer end and tuck in at back waist.
6. Bring outer end anticlockwise and tuck in at left waist.
7. Bring remaining outer end between legs and tuck in at center back waist.
8. Make up to 3 small pleats with outer end and tuck in at right waist.
9. Make up to 3 small pleats with outer end and tuck in at center front waist.
10. Make up to 3 small pleats with outer end and tuck in at left waist.
11. Drape pallu front to back over left shoulder. Tuck pallu in at right waist.
12. Bring pallu from back to front and folding lengthwise, tuck in at left waist.

Sari Length: 8 meters / 9 yards
Sari: Raw Mango
Sari Detail: Digital print, 100% silk, handwoven
Blouse: Vintage, courtesy of Reena Kashyap
Associate Producer: Good Earth

Created by: Border&Fall
Producer & Creative Director: Malika Verma Kashyap
Sari Drape Advisory: Rta Kapur Chishti / Taanbaan Team
Associate Creative Directors: Deep Kailey, Rashmi Varma
Advisors: Sanjay Garg, Sunitha Kumar Emmart
Project Manager: Julia FG Smith
Border&Fall: Suniti Rao, Rhea Subramanian
Model: Carol Humtsoe