This is the first silk saree I bought. Eleven years back, I attended my first business conference, though as one of the organizing team and not a participant yet. I realized I didn’t have any formal sarees, just wrap and go ones.
So, I set out to buy my first silk saree. I went on at the shop like a broken record rejecting everything, No prints, Nothing bright, no sequins, no this no that! Finally the salesman brought this out, a very frequently rejectedsaree I heard as it was black and dull. Where I come from, we don’t wear black for an auspicious occasion, so a black silk saree with a dull grey border didn’t have too many takers.
But it was perfect for me, and I still love it for those occasions of conference or dais presentations, though I am not doing too many of them anymore
(People at work still look at me like I am not wearing anything, maybe a few more sarees and they will learn to accept it)