Charm of six yards drapes Turkish fashionistas

For Indians, wardrobe begins with a sari and the six yards dominates majority dressing sense among Indian women. What is more interesting is the fact that now it is draping the international fashion scene garnering more and more supporters in the West, especially in Turkey.

This Eurasian country located in Middle East is catching up fast with the latest trends of saris, which are increasingly becoming an important part of the trousseau, especially in the pre-wedding process.

Probably owing to similar Ottoman roots, Turkish people too have been following the tradition of heena or mehendi painting of hands like their Indian counterparts for a long time now. However, of late their commitment to impress audience with embroidered silk in the form of saris is opening a new chapter in this exquisite drapery.

Like in almost every culture, young people celebrate a bachelor party before entering the ‘harbour of marriage’.

Like in most nations, these ceremonies are bound to tradition in countries like India and Turkey. A Turkish bachelorette party, called ‘kina’, is a four-hour ceremony, during which, depending on the culture origin, a bride-to-be has to change her evening dresses, to what her mother in law has bought, at least five times.

Every type of garment must demonstrate the richness of the family, to which she will marry in.

In the past, it was customary for the families to combine traditional Turkish dresses with gold jewellery, where a special emphasis was given to the yellow metal. Based on high gold prices in the last few years, combined with the westernisation of the Turkish society, the trend has reversed.

Therefore, what is commonly seen nowadays is that one of the five dresses includes some Indian flavour too.

Currently, colourful and sparkling silk is trendy, particularly in form of extraordinary creations like saris, especially the ones with elaborate handicraft in form of ornamentations and intricate embroidery.

While some Turkish online-shops have already started selling traditional Indian clothing, there is still a gap in the market and bigger void in the knowledge related to the way of draping the six yards.

Most of the Turkish women do not even know where to start as none of these online-shops offer a video or some kind of guide for the beginners. However, that hardly dents the market as lack of knowledge hardly keeps fashion-savvy Turkish people from buying the sari or draping it their own way!

Nevertheless, the biggest asset about sari is that this strip of clothing never fails to charm — draped or worn!