Someone once asked me, “What hurts you the most?” And without even thinking, I said when a saree is cut and stitched.
It’s such a painful feeling… especially when the saree is in perfect condition and doesn’t need a single cut. To me, it feels like breaking a piece of my heart.
Of course, I understand if a saree is torn or damaged, we reuse the fabric in other forms so it doesn’t go to waste. That makes sense. But what truly saddens me is how, nowadays, so many designers take a whole saree, cut it, stitch it into a fixed body shape, give it a size and a measurement… and still call it a “saree.”
My humble request to everyone please don’t call it a saree. Call it a gown, a drape-dress, or any of the thousands of other names you can give it. But a saree? No.
Because the real beauty of a saree is in its freedom. A saree is six yards of unstitched fabric that can flow, bend, and adapt to you. It’s not limited to one size or one person it embraces every body type, every soul, in its own graceful way.
A stitched piece can never give you that freedom. And for us Indians, a saree is never just fabric—it’s tradition, it’s emotion, it’s memories passed down through generations.
So please, don’t play with the emotions tied to a saree. A saree must remain a saree six yards of love, untouched and free.
Dolly Jain
Someone once asked me, “What hurts you the most?”
And without even thinking, I said when a saree is cut and stitched.
It’s such a painful feeling… especially when the saree is in perfect condition and doesn’t need a single cut. To me, it feels like breaking a piece of my heart.
Of course, I understand if a saree is torn or damaged, we reuse the fabric in other forms so it doesn’t go to waste. That makes sense.
But what truly saddens me is how, nowadays, so many designers take a whole saree, cut it, stitch it into a fixed body shape, give it a size and a measurement… and still call it a “saree.”
My humble request to everyone please don’t call it a saree. Call it a gown, a drape-dress, or any of the thousands of other names you can give it. But a saree? No.
Because the real beauty of a saree is in its freedom. A saree is six yards of unstitched fabric that can flow, bend, and adapt to you. It’s not limited to one size or one person it embraces every body type, every soul, in its own graceful way.
A stitched piece can never give you that freedom. And for us Indians, a saree is never just fabric—it’s tradition, it’s emotion, it’s memories passed down through generations.
So please, don’t play with the emotions tied to a saree. A saree must remain a saree six yards of love, untouched and free.
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