sari
纱丽,萨里,莎丽,莎莉娅
Definitions
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plural sa·ris.
- : a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
Examples
For example, in West Bengal, where I was born, weavers lost such skills as making the intricate narrative motifs of the Baluchari sari during 200 years of British rule.
“I paid $10,000 for a Balenciaga [sari dress],” Sorokko says.
Think a sari in silk crepe paired with a logoed jacquard mesh-knit shirt.
Are we talking Haj Amin al-Husseini, Aziz Shehadeh, Hanan Ashrawi, Sari Nusseibeh…?
Indeed, the collection brought out vibrant colors, sari-like draping, detailed embroideries, and jeweled embellishments.
Not the obvious sari, but an accessible, universal gesture of Indian craftsmanship nonetheless.
Even if the naval objections to Bulair could be overcome, Sari Bair remains the better move of the two.
Her supple body was robed in a sari of soft, deep yellow silk, bordered with a device of fine needlework studded with gems.
The lady promptly covered them with a fold of her sari, and Akbar strolled away to another stall.
From beneath a fold of her sari she produced a small cedar wood box which she offered to Walter.
She swept on through the building, casting aside the cumbersome sari as if its purpose of concealment were at an end.