1960 Sari Fashions

Whenever I move, I always find some old file or thing that brings back memories. This is a pamphlet I picked up in India. It was an old printing then, but I thought it was interesting.

Formal clothes don't really change, do they? With a little tweeking of the style, these dresses might work even today.

I had a sari converted into a 3 piece outfit: A jacket, a pencil skirted dress with spaghetti straps and a floor-length gathered overskirt that opened in the front. If I could get into it now, it would still look stylish. (And I still have it packed away.)

I have a real soft spot for saris; they are such beautiful things. And I have 3 more stored in the original yardage, un altered.



Here's some suggestions from the 1960's of how a traditional sari can be transformed into the current fashions.

They must have been quite dramatic.  (Click on the picture to get the full page.)