Dazzle the Crowd this Dashain

Contrasting colours in traditional attire will remain a favourite this fall

Published on: New Business Age, October 2013

Model: Sanjita Dhanuk

Wardrobe: She Fashion Boutique, Kupondole, 5530293

Designer: Sangit Shrestha

Make up & Hair Style : Vogue Beauty Saloon, Chinu Thapa , Basundhara, 01-4366324

Location: Bricks Café, Kupondole

Photographer: Rukesh Shrestha

Concept By: Sauram Raj Tuladhar

Looking good can be an ageless thing if one takes care of oneself. Exercise and healthy eating have their own

place, but nothing accentuates one’s beauty more than good attire. With Dashain around the corner, designers and boutiques in Kathmandu are busy finalizing their new collections to draw attention of customers during the festive season. Boutiques in the city appear to be experimenting with new ideas on traditional dresses like saris, lehengas, multi-coloured bandhani and its accessories to make fashion accessible to a wide range of customers with diverse preferences.

As we all know that fashion does not limit itself to age or gender, a growing number of people in Kathmandu outside of the youth population seen perusing through shelves and windows up with clothes. With Dashain’s

additional allowance, more people are expected to spend money to look distinguished in the crowd.

Being a traditional festival, saris are most definitely preferred by women for Dashain. The ageless attire, if draped gracefully, tends to make the elder look young and the younger look mature. Most women usually choose the sari for festival rituals and prefer to wear it in the traditional style. 

Today, we have many boutiques and fashion houses that have a lot of designer wear to offer to customers. Considering the traditional look during the festival, fashion houses are gearing up for jewelry to match with the saris as well. Traditional saris with colourful and metal laces, lehengas and shimmering or multi-coloured bandhani with the pallu draped front-to-back over the left shoulder or back-to-front over the right have endured in popularity.

The most sizzling and yet very traditional look of saris and lehengas have already begun hitting the city’s fashion market. Bright, contrasting hues with fun colourful bindis that we have seen being donned by bollywood actresses, are expected to be a major hit this Dashain. Here are some tips on how to choose contrasting colours while buying a sari: 

 To look attractive and trendy, you can go with a contrast color petticoat for a sari you have. This has been tried and tested by some designers in India and became a major hit in the market and seen to be worn by style icons in the Indian films and fashion industries. The petticoat can be worn in contrast with the sari, just like the blouse, and can sometimes flaunt sequins and embroideries under sheer or net saris.

 One can also match the print of the petticoat with the blouse and wear it in contrast with the sari. Adding ruffled edging in a contrast colour and hemming it with a petticoat is in great demand. Let your petticoat peek from the sari.

 Lehengas too will follow the contrast colour trend against the blouse and dupatta which can have the colourful and shimmering touch of the sari. This will go good with this season. 

Sari and lehenga prices are hiking up with the demand and the beautiful fabric and additional embroidery used in them. The shimmering effect of sequins and sheer material has been in vogue for many years and it looks like it is going to stay. A lot of boutiques have been creating extra ordinary designs for you to look special this Dashain season. Among a lot of designer wears of the traditional attire, we bring you exclusive

designs by She Fashion Boutique.