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Have you met the 'Saree Man of India?'

20 Jun, 2016
Have you met the 'Saree Man of India?'Have you met the 'Saree Man of India?'

"I started wearing sarees as a gesture of re-appropriating the saree as a male garment and highlighting the historical traditions," says the saree man

The saree is one of the world’s oldest and perhaps the only surviving unstitched cloth to still be worn. But its grace and poise should not be a man’s prerogative, believes Himanshu Verma or as he is popularly known the ‘Saree Man of India.’

saree man

Image courtesy: Facebook/ Saree Man

This maybe the first time you are looking at a man who fully embraces the beauty of a cloth that has predominantly been a woman’s forte. Verma, who he has been organising the Saree Festival every year, since 2014, clearly wants to remove this very distinction.

saree man

Image courtesy: Facebook/ Saree Man

During this festival, Verma aka the Saree Man, takes saree draping workshops for saree enthusiasts. And, in addition, he also curates the traditional and comtemporary versions of the garment.

Continue reading to know how he started this tradition and why he wants to continue it.

Verma, who is famous in Delhi social circles for his eccentric dressing style believes that a saree cannot just be for women. He is working to make this beautiful piece of cloth acceptable to men as well.

saree man

Image courtesy: Facebook/ Saree Man

In fact, in an interview he explains how he started this.

“I started wearing sarees as a gesture of re-appropriating the saree as a male garment and highlighting the historical traditions where it was all about the fluidity of the drape and not about the structure that was gender specific,” he says.

saree man

Image courtesy: Facebook/ Saree Man

“The saree as we know today is actually just 150 years old, and it is what is called the Thakurbari drape or the drape pioneered by the Tagore ladies. It is also associated with the Parsi Bombay ladies,” he adds.

saree man

Image courtesy: Facebook/ Saree Man

“Before that, the saree was worn in so many ways and the men would also wear dhotis and sarees, and in many parts of India the two terms are interchangeable. So I think saree is a generic term and it is not a garment for women specifically,” he says.

Now that’s certainly a different way of looking at this nine yard wonder!

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