Saree is a typical and ethnic Indian costume worn by ladies and young girls too. It is five to five and half meters in length, draped around the waist along with a with a blouse which has been actually improvised from the waistcoat worn by British ladies during the era of the Raj, the British dominion in pre-independent India. The Blouse worn along with the Saree is actually the contribution of the celebrated and much renowned Tagore family in India

The texture of the sarees varies from coarse handloom to fine “Dhakai Muslin” to pure silk. Besides cotton sarees, which is worn in the tropical climate regions, women also wear synthetic and silk sarees in cooler climate. In the present generation of fashion, Sarees have caught the fancy of the global market. It can be worn in various ways as demonstrated by the womenfolk inhabitants of the different regional areas of India and the surrounding sub-continent. One way of adorning the saree which is extremely popular is the “aanchal”, that is the pallu or the length of cloth which hangs from the shoulder either in the front or wrapped around at the back. This part is called the “aanchal” and has various motifs. The famous “Baluchari Sarees” have the Ramayana and Mahabharata depicted in the “aanchal”. It is fully hand woven with silk threads originally. However presently, the “Zari”, which is the golden thread, is also used. It is a unique representation of its own style and besides the Baluchari sarees, there is also the famous Benarasi sarees which is quintessential for the wedding trousseau of every Indian woman.

The varieties of sarees are available at different price ranges and can be availed from a paltry hundred rupees to hundreds of thousands rupees. The present gentry of fashion designers and models in the ramps have really put the magic touch of style and elegance and ethnicity in sarees.

In India, a native woman rural roots or urban upbringing can be recognized from her style of draping the saree. Rural women folk generally have a taste for loud colours and coarse material to fit their shoe-stringed budgets. Women from Urban backgrounds prefer lighter shades and finer materials. The elite reserve themselves to the finest of textures and retain the exclusivity of their sarees by procuring custom made designer sarees at exorbitant rates to suit their tastes. In India, every state showcases its exquisite motifs, colors, textures and gives a very vivid idea of the mood of the occasion for which it is meant to be worn.