Buying Sarees In Lagos

I already have 3, but I bought them from India. .

So, I am not the only Nigerian, or Lagosian, who loves sarees. .

@chyla, i'll help you look around.

Do you mean Sari? Indian dress worn by ladies.

@ M_N, yup she means sari. its worn by married indian women, while the single one wear suits(the one with the trousers)

saris suck wear jeans or african atire

@chyla

You can look around Ilupeju and VI where there are couple of Indian ladies who sell Indian clothes. There is one in Adeola Adeola street, there is one near Mr.Biggs ( I'm not very sure about their address', though). To my knowledge, these ladies can get you one from India, on request.

For your info, sarees cannot be worn on it's own  You have to wear a matching blouse with it, which normally comes attached to the saree itself. I don't think we have tailors in Lagos who can stitch saree blouses. Also, matching underskirts are worn underneath a saree to make it look fuller. As far as I know, a 6meter long heavily embroidered cloth draped around your body on a tight fitting blouse and an underskirt can make the attire too stuffy and uncomfortable, for those who are not used to it.

Sarees can cost anywhere from Rupees. 50 to Rupees.100,000.

Saree sucks, i got loads of Indians selling in the city i live. We should be proud of our culture. I haven't seen any African or even Nigerian wearing Saree. People rather prefer ordering Native from Nigeria.

My two kobo's worth. There's nothing wrong with appreciating other peeps' culture. But then again, how many Indians would even dream of wearing iro and buba, aso oke or george? And what would they even think of seeing you in their native attire? I quite agree with the other peeps on this thread who think it is best to stick to one's native attire which I think is the bomb.

To each their own. Everyone is entitled to their views. Mine on this issue remains the same. It is all very well to appreciate other's cultures, however, rite now the need to appreciate and uphold ours is paramount, end of story.

my fellow nigerians, i thought we were open minded people? why cuss someone that wants to wear clothes of another nationality? since when did we become like that? we should be able to wear whatever we please. arent we wearing clothes from other cultures? like someone else commented, we should also burn/throw out our jeans and tube tops cos it sure as hell aint our culture! sheesh!!

zeby (hope u don't mind me calling u dt  )  sari is universal we just all wear it differently,
as for me i like my sari, my man wear naija's native, i feel proud when he wears it, , and he loves showing me off when i wear sari too. at the end of the day, everythng na cloth.

Our commercial capital may be dirty,crowded and unsafe but c'mon its our commercial capital,so we must respect it and realize that it is the NEW YORK of NIgeria.

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