How to A Get Designer Saree Look to your Old Saree (without cutting into pieces)
we all have quite a few numbers of sarees sitting at our wardrobes from ages. Though they are in good shape, we are not interested to wear them again due to some of the reasons such as old designs, color or out of fashion or you might have worn it by a number of times. Wearing the saree with same old matching tried and tested standard color blouses gets boring after some time.
Don't worry ladies, Its time to know some tips and tricks on How to revive those old sarees and bring the designer look without running them under the scissors meaning, without cutting the saree you can wear them to bring them back to fashion by simple modifications to them.
If you feel that you can not follow the below tips you can even remodel them by converting them into gowns, dresses, pillow covers and many more. I have made a post on how to reuse Kanjeevaram sarees by cutting them. you can read it if you are interested.
How to get New look to your old sarees
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| How to get New look to your old sarees |
1. Play with Blouse work
Try differently with Blouse works that match with your sarees. Go with Monochrome blouse with Maggam or thread work or chikan work, Monochromes with back neck designs with back tussles and high light the necks to grab the attraction from saree to blouse.
Blouse with attractive back design
Go for fully contrast work on a blouse with beautiful designs or contrasting blended colors such as pink with purple, green with blue, mustard with maroon so on.. pink, green, Silver and Gold colored work are standard colors which blend very well with any shade of blouse irrespective of saree color by bringing a new look.
get New look to your old sarees
Matching Blouse with trendy back neck
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| Blouse with attractive back design |
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| get New look to your old sarees |
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| Matching Blouse with trendy back neck |
2. Add Brocades to your Saree
Most of the Silk Sarees, Kanchivaram sarees comes with the running blouse and we might have used those blouses for years. Let us change that routine look by adding Brocade fabric to the blouse. Team up with the entire Brocade blouse or brocade sleeves transforms the whole look of your saree. Attaching brocades or Banaras Blouse to your sarees extra glamour to your saree.
Beautiful Brocade Blouse transformed the plain saree look
Banarasi mismatch Blouse on Saree
get New look to your old sarees with Brocade Blouse
Old saree with Brocade Blouse
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| Beautiful Brocade Blouse transformed the plain saree look |
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| Banarasi mismatch Blouse on Saree |
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| get New look to your old sarees with Brocade Blouse |
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| Old saree with Brocade Blouse |
3. Try Different Saree Drapes
As I mentioned in my earlier posts, try different saree drapes like saree over a lehenga, Dhoti saree or many more. you can even hide some of the flaws of your sarees by draping different ways. Just you need to trick by selecting apt saree drape with a perfect blouse. But don't forget that your saree drape should be suitable for the occasion.
Try different saree drapes to highlight the saree pallu to get new look
Try different saree draping
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| Try different saree drapes to highlight the saree pallu to get new look |
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| Try different saree draping |
4. Saree with Peplum Blouse
Peplum blouse transforms the whole appeal of your saree. Everyone must have at least one Shimmer and designer peplum blouse in their wardrobe that cut down half of our time that we spend on picking up a blouse. peplum blouse or lengthy blouses helps a lot to experiment and innovative different saree draping styles. You can even hide your tummy while wearing saree with these peplum blouses with ease.
Lengthy Blouse with Collar neck changed the saree look
Peplum Blouse on saree
Shilpa Shetty draped in a saree with Peplum Blouse
Dhoti Saree drape with a peplum blouse
Peplum Blouse with a woven Saree
Peplum blouse on a saree
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| Lengthy Blouse with Collar neck changed the saree look |
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| Peplum Blouse on saree |
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| Shilpa Shetty draped in a saree with Peplum Blouse |
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| Dhoti Saree drape with a peplum blouse |
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| Peplum Blouse with a woven Saree |
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| Peplum blouse on a saree |
5. Add Ruffles to your Saree
If you saree looks plain, just add the ruffles to your saree border and pallu and see the magic. These ruffles add extra beauty to the saree and you can't even imagine that nobody will identify that you have revived your old saree. But don't add too much contrast color to the ruffle. Try monochrome and pastel shades of ruffles for a trendy appeal.
Ruffled Saree with a Ruffled Blouse
Ruffles adds extra glamour to your saree
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| Ruffled Saree with a Ruffled Blouse |
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| Ruffles adds extra glamour to your saree |
6. Go with mismatch Blouse
We have been watching our moms by wearing the blouse that comes with the blouse, which is of the same color of saree. Especially few sarees, which comes with running blouse comes with a single color blouse. Try fully mismatch color instead that saree running blouse to get a new look. You can inspire from the below pic where she flaunted saree with contrast blouse. This season, the trend is to match sarees with the blouse that do not go according to standards. so, break the rules and make the new rules for a positive fashion.
Mismatched Blouse with a saree to get designer look
White Shaded Blouse with a saree
Yellow Blouse definitely gave a new look to the saree
Mismatched blouse on a saree to get new look
Sneha Prasasnna in Mismatched Blouse on Kachivaram Saree
Mismatched Lime colored blouse on Royal Blue saree break the routine look
Trendy Mismatched Blouse on saree
get Designer to look to your old sarees
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| Mismatched Blouse with a saree to get designer look |
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| White Shaded Blouse with a saree |
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| Yellow Blouse definitely gave a new look to the saree |
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| Mismatched blouse on a saree to get new look |
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| Sneha Prasasnna in Mismatched Blouse on Kachivaram Saree |
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| Mismatched Lime colored blouse on Royal Blue saree break the routine look |
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| Trendy Mismatched Blouse on saree |
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| get Designer to look to your old sarees |
7. Mix and Match with Sarees
Yes, you heard it right. Mix and Match with sarees, not with the blouse. Mixing saree pallu with another saree/Dupatta is an option and Dual saree also another worth trying option. Dual saree draping became a trend in celebrity style or grandeur wedding. Not just weddings, these dual sarees are mostly preferred by youth for their friends birthday parties or get-togethers with simple sarees.
Dual Saree Drapes
Dual Saree Draping style to get Designer look to your old sarees
Dual Saree draping
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| Dual Saree Drapes |
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| Dual Saree Draping style to get Designer look to your old sarees |
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| Dual Saree draping |
8. Play with Blouse Sleeves
Playing with the blouse sleeves is the simplest way to bring Designer saree look to your saree. Yes, Blouse sleeves definitely define your saree look. Try different sleeves such as Ruffled sleeves, Bell sleeves, cold shoulders, full sleeves, 3/4th sleeves, and off shoulders, capes and see the magic. Full sleeves Blouse with sarees, not only add grandness to your apparel but also comes with the volume for very lean or thin girls. 3/4th sleeves with contrast ruffles at the border give trendy look, this blouse design looks great and makes a statement with Linen Sarees which are suitable in all seasons.
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| Blouse Sleeves defines the saree look |
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| Long sleeves changed the appeal of the saree |
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| Full Sleeves Blouse with Collar Neck gave a designer look to the saree |
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| Capes on saree |
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| Bell sleeves added extra beauty to the saree |
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| Ruffle Blouse on Kanchivaram Saree |
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| Net Puffed sleeves changed the whole look of saree |
9. Add Tassles or Fringes
Adding Tassels or Kuchu is a simple and quite a brilliant idea to the saree not just at pallu but throughout the saree border. Fringes gives a beautiful flowy feeling to the saree. while the Kuchu can be incorporated not just at pallu but throughout the saree to get a beautiful look. Adding Pompoms also a good idea to give a new look to your old saree. But, don't forget to add the same tassels or fringes what you have used in the saree to blouse to maintain the similarity. I already made a blog post on the latest Saree Kuchu or Tassels deigns.
Add Tassels to transform the saree look
Add fringes Blouse to grab the attraction
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| Add Tassels to transform the saree look |
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| Add fringes Blouse to grab the attraction |
10. Add lace to your saree
Adding a Lace to saree is another way to bring a designer look to your old saree. The color, the Pattern and the way you add the lace to saree make a lot of difference. Adding Lace as the border to saree or Adding Net fabric or lace at the frills are quite easy but old fashion. Try to add Big lace in 'U or 'V' shape at the front chest part and at the pallu with criss-cross style or at one corner of saree brings a new look to saree. Try to use contrast-colored lace on top of the saree without cutting the saree underneath the saree, It helps to give a dual shade to the pattern. whereas, Use the monochrome lace to the saree by removing the underneath saree fabric. Adding lace to the sleeves of the blouse also another option. Try to stick to high quality and self embellished net fabrics or Lace to get the richness to saree.
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| Add Lace to Old saree to bring it back to fashion |
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| Add Lace to saree |
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| Lace Ruffled Blouse on saree |
11. Add Belt to saree
Belt over saree is a trend currently running fashion starting from celebrities to youth. Just pick a Leather or cloth belt which suits the saree and just accessorize it. If you don't find any matching belt, just fold any scarf or cloth as a beat and wrap it around your waist to bring a belt appeal. Belt not only secure your saree pleats in place but also add a modern look.
Belt on saree
Add Belt to saree
Belted Blouse on Saree
Fabric Belt on saree
Fabric Belt on saree
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| Belt on saree |
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| Add Belt to saree |
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| Belted Blouse on Saree |
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| Fabric Belt on saree |
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| Fabric Belt on saree |
12. Introduce a New color in the blouse
Yes, introducing a new color to your blouse which is not present in the saree body or saree Border or Pallu turns your saree into a new one. Add your saree border to the very contrast Blouse, so that it catches other's eyes and it gives new appeal to your saree to get a lot of compliments as well. Picking the contrast color is a tricky part but it does the magic if the pick the perfect mismatching new color. Silver and lemon yellow are those picky and tricky colors which are mostly used new colors to introduce.
Introduces white color with the matched saree border
Simple and attractive blouse
Mismatched blouse with attached saree border
This contrast blouse with a saree border changed the look of saree appeal
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| Introduces white color with the matched saree border |
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| Simple and attractive blouse |
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| Mismatched blouse with attached saree border |
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| This contrast blouse with a saree border changed the look of saree appeal |
13. Highlight with the Silk Fall to the saree
This is a simple trick but results are awesome. It works well with no borders or with border without contrast colors. Just add any contrast colored silk and shiny Fall to the saree and team up with the blouse in that Piko fall color. Trust me that you definitely love this transformation of your saree look. This is the best option for quick and simple transformation.
Added contrast Silk Saree fall added more attraction
contrast silk fall to a saree
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| Added contrast Silk Saree fall added more attraction |
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| contrast silk fall to a saree |
14. Add Ruffles to your Blouse
Not just Ruffles add glamour to the saree but also to the blouse bring up a new look to your apparel. Adding Sarre colored Ruffled Blouse or Contrast colored Ruffled blouse has its own appeal. Try adding ruffles blouse which breaks the monotony of blouses coming from ages not only on plain sarees but with heavy Kanjeevaram sarees as well. If are not comfortable with the full ruffle blouse, you can add the ruffle to the sleeves. You can experiment by adding ruffles at the end of sleeves to enhance your saree look.
Ruffled Blouse on simple saree
Ruffle Blouse on Linen Saree
Ruffled sleeves Blouse on saree
Not just Ruffles add glamour to the saree but also to the blouse bring up a new look to your apparel. Adding Sarre colored Ruffled Blouse or Contrast colored Ruffled blouse has its own appeal. Try adding ruffles blouse which breaks the monotony of blouses coming from ages not only on plain sarees but with heavy Kanjeevaram sarees as well. If are not comfortable with the full ruffle blouse, you can add the ruffle to the sleeves. You can experiment by adding ruffles at the end of sleeves to enhance your saree look.
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| Ruffled Blouse on simple saree |
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| Ruffle Blouse on Linen Saree |
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| Ruffled sleeves Blouse on saree |
15. Add designer Lehenga as a Net saree petticoat
Yes, it could be a better way to revive your heavy bridal lehenga and sarees as well. This Idea, cancan Lehenga underneath the saree works great with Net or sheer sarees. But the tricky part is how to select the lehenga and saree combination. Select a heavy embroidery lehenga for plain Net saree and Plain contrast Can Can Lehenga under work Sheer Saree. The color or the work of the lehenga should be highlighted underneath the saree so that it brings up the new look your saree automatically.
I have made a post on some Sheer Saree blouses with work, you can have a look if you want.
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| Cancan Lehenga underneath the saree |
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| Lehenga underneath the saree |
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| Deepika padukone draped a saree on a printed Lehenga |
16. Add Patterns to the Saree Blouse
Add Patterns to the blouse can also be considered a good idea to transform your saree look. Patterns such as colorful Checks or floral prints or other traditional prints brings unusual attraction to your old saree. Kalamkari is one such traditional print always in fashion comes up with different patterns and colors every year. you can find more Kalamkari printed outfits in one of my Blog posts.
Add Checks Blouse to the plain saree
Checks multicolor Blouse on a saree
get Designer saree look to your old sarees
Add Floral Patterns to Blouse
Floral contrast blouse on saree
Floral Mismatched Blouse on saree
Add Patterns to the blouse can also be considered a good idea to transform your saree look. Patterns such as colorful Checks or floral prints or other traditional prints brings unusual attraction to your old saree. Kalamkari is one such traditional print always in fashion comes up with different patterns and colors every year. you can find more Kalamkari printed outfits in one of my Blog posts.
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| Add Checks Blouse to the plain saree |
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| Checks multicolor Blouse on a saree |
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| get Designer saree look to your old sarees |
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| Add Floral Patterns to Blouse |
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| Floral contrast blouse on saree |
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| Floral Mismatched Blouse on saree |
17. Layer it up
Layering always does the wonders whether it could be a Kurta or saree. Yes, Layer your saree outfit with capes over a blouse or Long Jackets over the saree to get a grand look to your saree. Plain Over Jacket with Embroidery or Lace at border works well irrespective of color. These Over-jackets adds western touch without losing its ethnicity.
Long Over-Coat on saree
Haltered Overcoat belted blouse on saree
Bridal Saree with an overcoat
Cape on Saree
These are some of the ideas you can try to bring a new look without cutting your saree and get a moderate appeal to your outfit. If you think these ideas are not working for you then convert your saree into a long gown or dress and enjoy with the comfort.
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| Long Over-Coat on saree |
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| Haltered Overcoat belted blouse on saree |
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| Bridal Saree with an overcoat |
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| Cape on Saree |
These are some of the ideas you can try to bring a new look without cutting your saree and get a moderate appeal to your outfit. If you think these ideas are not working for you then convert your saree into a long gown or dress and enjoy with the comfort.