#100sareepact (2\/100)<\/p>\n
After the classic red and green combo, this is another favourite – black and red. Guess many of us have a love affair with the colour red smile emoticon<\/p>\n
This saree is 48 years old and the flower prints are my Mom’s fabric hand-painted work. Back in 1967, these were called ‘imported’ sarees. A feather-light material it is soft with a kind of grainy feel to the texture.<\/p>\n
Feel immensely thrilled to be wearing something my Mom showered her love towards and it is still with us 48 years down the line. Noticed a couple of small tears on the pallo edge, but wore it anyway.<\/p>\n
Paired it with a red crochet tank top, brass earrings, wooden bracelets, a red and gold beaded wooden pendant hand made by a friend.<\/p>\n
Wearing a saree after four years, for four hours last evening, I ran an errand at the pharmacy and hospital, took the car out for a drive, and landed up at one of my favourite chaat shops for dinner.<\/p>\n
Got a whole lot of stares from people known and unknown. The known ones showered me with compliments since me in a saree is a rare lunar sighting tongue emoticon and the unknown people at the hospital and chaat shop must have wondered what on earth I was up to. I also noticed that NONE my age were clad in a saree, either western casuals or salwar\/churidars, much like the way I am usually dressed myself.<\/p>\n
Special love and thank yous to my aunt Asha Kamath, who owns a gorgeous saree collection, and fellow sareepacters (you all know who you are!) who encouraged, teased, cajoled me to join the #100sareepact. To borrow a cliched tag line – I’m lovin’ it!! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
#100sareepact (2\/100) After the classic red and green combo, this is another favourite – black and red. Guess many of us have a love affair with the colour red smile emoticon This saree is 48 years old and the flower prints are my Mom’s fabric hand-painted work. Back in 1967, these were called ‘imported’ sarees….<\/p>\n