The perfect drape

You cant improve on the sari,says fashion designer Suneet Verma
The sari for me remains an eternal classic. It is six yards of unstitched fabric. It is a versatile garment,which can be sexy in a flash and demure in a split second. It never loses the classic drape and contours of the body,while doing so. Depending on the region to which the sari belongs and the wearer,it varies from a two-piece set to a short and sexy sari; or to a 6-9 yard length. It can be sheer,or embellished. It can be in pure muslin,or south Indian silk but it always evokes the same emotion of simplicity and classicism.

The sari is the only Indian garment not to have gone through a sea change in silhouette because of its perfection.
Its form has also been the inspiration for some great international talents. Versace did a sari dress for Jackie Kennedy in the Fifties. Diana Vreeland,editor of Vogue,declared the sari the most versatile garment in the world in the Sixties. The flower-power generation and rockers of the Seventies wore it as a draped kaftan or a beach sarong. Even today,Hermes has paid tribute to the Indian sari with the sari dress.
It is a true classic and will continue to remain so in the next century.