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Saris and Lehenga Choli<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Kass McGann of Reconstructing History<\/a> — a shiny website for costuming ideas, patterns, historic clothing, reference books, help or inspiration.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Everyone remembers that provocative scene in the pilot episode when Inara takes a sponge bath.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But do you realize what she\u2019s wearing is a sari? \u00a0Nothing complicated about this. \u00a0It\u2019s just a sari wrapped to cover your important bits.<\/span><\/span>
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And that\u2019s not the only time she wears one. In the movie when she waves Mal for help (it\u2019s a trap!), she\u2019s wearing a sari wrapped similarly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Saris are incredibly versatile garments. They they range in price from the very expensive to the ridiculously cheap. Here\u2019s a great site where you can search by price, fabric, even color: UTSAV Fashion Sarees<\/a><\/span><\/span>
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As luck would have it, Reconstructing History<\/a> sells a Sari Pattern<\/a> that teaches you how to wrap the sari in three unique and fascinating ways (as well as make a choli to wear under it).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t sew (or don\u2019t want to)? Buy it for the sari wraps. You won\u2019t find anything anywhere else that will teach you these three styles of wearing a sari. And there\u2019s a downloadable<\/a> version too.<\/span><\/span>
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Saris aren\u2019t the only Indian clothing Inara wears though. \u00a0She spends a lot of time wearing lehenga cholis (literally: \u201cskirt and blouse\u201d).<\/span><\/span>
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These are the midriff-baring outfits she wore in Trash, Shindig, and the flashback in Out of Gas.<\/span><\/span>
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In Trash and in the flashback when she initially rents the shuttle, she wears her dupatta (that\u2019s the bit of a lehenga choli that looks like a sari but shorter) on her head as a veil she sees through.<\/span><\/span>
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Nandi even wears one in Heart of Gold although her choli is less midriff bearing but more ornately decorated. \u00a0So you see, lehenga cholis come in all styles and can be fancy or casual. \u00a0And you can get them here too: \u00a0UTSAV Fashion Lehenga Choli<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So if you don\u2019t sew but want to dress like a wonderfully exotic Companion, try a sari or a lehenga choli. They\u2019re comfortable to wear and easy to order online.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saris and Lehenga Choli by Kass McGann of Reconstructing History — a shiny website for costuming ideas, patterns, historic clothing, reference books, help or inspiration. Everyone remembers that provocative scene in the pilot episode when Inara takes a sponge bath. But do you realize what she\u2019s wearing is a sari? \u00a0Nothing complicated about this. \u00a0It\u2019s just a sari wrapped to cover your important bits. And that\u2019s not the only time … Continue reading Dress Like a Companion Without Sewing<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7058,"parent":1068,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1021","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpautop"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pd5E2q-gt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":123,"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7222,"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions\/7222"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/browncoatball.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}