This one came to me once again as a gift for some family wedding (realizing now that I seem to have a lot of these gifts of love :-)). I examined it and promptly put it away as a \u201csimple saree\u201d. Given that I then draped sarees only on occasions, this Plain Jane sparrow colored cotsilk did not really capture my imagination.<\/p>\n
Now with me almost midway through the pact I have started digging up all my sarees and looking at them with new eyes \ud83d\ude42 And suddenly this one looked gorgeous to me. Simple, and simply elegant.<\/p>\n
So here is #46 \u2013 a traditional piece with origins somewhere in South India; a chic sparrow color defined by a maroon palla and a golden border flanked by a thin maroon band. Small buttis adorn the body. But the highlight of yesterday\u2019s drape to a haldi kumkum was the perfectly matching blouse, which comes from a different saree! And of course my simple accessories for the day being my mangalsultra and a big red bindi \ud83d\ude42 both of which rarely make an appearance on me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This one came to me once again as a gift for some family wedding (realizing now that I seem to have a lot of these gifts of love :-)). I examined it and promptly put it away as a \u201csimple saree\u201d. Given that I then draped sarees only on occasions, this Plain Jane sparrow colored…<\/p>\n