Bangladesh

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A saree is a dress worn by females. It is originally from India and now famous all around the world. Sarees is mostly worn in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Burma, Pakistan, and Malaysia. Women can wrap sarees in different ways that is why fashion designers keep finding new ways to wear sarees. Creativity of todays designer makes this dress attractive and exclusive from other dresses. Sarees have a well dressed and lavish look. Women can find all types of saree and sarees on the internet.

The Sari has been lined with fashion for thousands of years. The sari is a traditional outfit usually made from a comfortable fabric such as silk detailed with colorful needlework and crystals. Some even have 24 carat gold threading. Extremely good-looking and fit to all female figures, these saree dresses are hand decorated. The fabric is not sown and length can vary from 4-9 meters. The sari is the traditional dress of Indian women. They can be embroidered, printed or tie-dyed.

Indian people used to consider that fabric pierced by needles was impure. A figurine from around 100 B.C shows a woman wearing a decorated garment similar to the sari. In ancient times, both men and women dressed in differing versions of the sari. Color and design of the sari usually depend on the wearer’s wealth, caste and location. Saris became a measure of wealth as it can be made with gold, silver and other precious stones. The people of the village wore plain cotton sari’s that were ornamented by tie dyeing or block printing. The material used in making saris for wealthy people was usually silks.

Nowadays, the saree is a favorite wedding and bridal dress. Particularly in India, women wear sarees to weddings, as they feel it increases their beauty and charm. Excellent embroidery also enhances the good looks of this dress. Bridal saree adding glamour looks to her bridal fussy look. Wedding sarees make you look more gorgeous and classy. A collection of wedding sarees crafted on net, brease, crepe, georgette, glass tissue, jari, and net, viscose and faux. Sarees are the ideal outfit for any event. The stylish and traditional outfit is worn nowadays during weddings. The bridal saree has been modernized with the drift in fashion and is wrapped in different styles.

Printed pure georgette and faux crepe saris are the latest fashion in town just to maintain the expectations of tradition, a mix of embroidered printed sarees. Stunning colorful design tell a story about great fashion and trends.

Christians have discovered white wedding sarees by using Kanjivaram silk, georgette , chiffon , crepe , Kora and jute fabrics for this reason. Hand embroidered sarees hold a vital place in this part of the world. White sarees are made interesting with heavy bead work and enormous stone work. White sarees are very much in fashion these days.

Garment

Sari means a strip of cloth, which is a word of Sanskrit. It is said to be one of the most versatile garments. It is an unstitched piece of cloth, which is in between four to nine yards. Females mostly in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia and Bhutan wear it. It was traced by the Indus valley civilization.

How it is worn

It is worn over a petticoat, as it is also known as choli. One of the most common styles of wearing a sari is to wrap the sari around the waist and then drape it over the left or right shoulder. Many designers say that there are more than 80 ways to wear it. A very famous designer says that she knows more than 50 ways of how a sari is worn.

Drapings

Some of the famous styles of draping are Oriya styles, Nivi style, Gujarati style, Maharashtrian, Bengali style, Kodagu style, Dravidian style, Kunbi style, Tribal styles, Malayali style, gond and many more. The most popular style is the nivi style.

Fabric and other embellishments

The fabrics used for making it are net, chiffons, georgette, silk, crape, tissue, banarsi and satin too. To make the saris more elegant you can have tila work, mirror work, zardozi work, makaish, diamantes and cut dana work done on them. Pearls and sequences can also be seen on saris. Block printing and stonework is also done on them.

Politicians and celebrities

Very famous female politicians like Indra Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Sushma Swaraj as well as many celebrities wear it too. They wear it in movies, dramas and even on awards ceremonies. They also promote their culture when they wear it.

All around the world

It is also worn all around the world. It is very famous in countries like Bangladesh, India, Srilanka and Nepal. In Srilanka it is worn in two different styles, one is the Kandy style and the other is the Indian style. Many people in New York or in other countries have opened their shop and they sell saris for their Indian, sri lankan or western crowds who love saris.

As a uniform

Many females who are an air hostesses, army officers, army doctors, police officers and hotel staff also wear saris. Women in different professions wear saris of different colors and material, which are given to them.

Different occasions and styles

In the Indian subcontinent, different regions have introduced different styles in the past years. Some of them are Central Styles which includes Chanderi, kosa silk or maheshwari. Another style is eastern style which includes muslin, tussar silk, moga silk, bapta silk and many more. Western, southern and eastern styles are other styles. On many occasions like Diwali, wedding ceremonies, dandiya, reception and sangeet the saree is worn with different colors and elegant work on them.

For daily wear

In villages and mostly the female servants in India, Srilanka or Bangladesh wear saris during their daily routines as well. They wear saree of a very light fabric like lawn or cotton of different colors and motifs.

Newly wedded brides

In many countries like Pakistan where sari is not mostly worn but newly wedded brides wear saris, which are usually of banarsi or chiffons with beautiful stone work.

Online shopping

They can be bought online too. People sitting in any country can choose any sari and make some changes if needed and order them. They can easily get their ordered sari within the time limit given to them by the designer.

Garment

Officials in Bangladesh say at least eight people died in a garment factory fire in the capital late Wednesday.

The fire erupted in the Tung Hai Sweater Factory in Dhaka’s Mirpur district after most workers had gone home.

Authorities say police and garment factory officials were holding a meeting in the 11-story building when the fire broke out.

Earlier Wednesday, the Bangladesh government said it had shut down 18 garment factories for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse of a building housing five garment factories. The death toll from that incident has risen to more than 900.

Bangladesh’s $20-billion textile industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country’s exports.

The U. S. state department says it held a conference call with U.S. buyers of Bangladesh ready-made garments Wednesday and urged them to work together with factory owners, labor organizations and the Bangladesh government to improve labor safety and the lives or working people. In a statement the department said it encouraged the buyers to coordinate their efforts, which might include paying for independent safety and fire inspectors.