When you live or visit India, women probably get tempted to buy a sari(s). I didn’t know that there is an art of buying a sari until I went shopping for one with my expat friend, Rachel, who bought a couple of saris at a store in Santacruz, Sakhi, before. Rachel, thank you so much for your help and taking me to Sakhi! Without you, I would have been lost!
In case you don’t have a friend who can guide you with the steps of buying a sari, I hope you can use this post as your guide or to get a general idea from it.
Sakhi
Sari Shop
Santacruz
Sakhi is the shop I purchased my very first Sari in Mumbai, India thanks to Rachel who took me there. She gave me very helpful step-by-step advice. She was so wonderful!!
SAKHI
1st Gaothan Ln, Santacruz West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400054
Phone: (022) 67303663
Please see the map for its location as it could be hard to find.
場所が分かりにくいかもしれないので、下の地図を参考にして下さい。
How To Shop For Sari
There are two important thing to remember if you shop at a local store that caters to locals in India.
1. Most likely the sari blouses are tailor-made which means that you will need to calculate in 2-4 days until it’s complete.
2. You need to get a petticoat to wear underneath from a petticoat shop.
インド在住だったり、旅行で来たら、やっぱりサリーを購入したくなりますよね。友人に連れられて、サリーを買いに行くまで、サリーを買うには色んな段階があるということを知りませんでした。
インドでサリーを購入する上で、大切な事が２点あります。
1．インドでは、サリー用のブラウスは個人のサイズに合わせて仕立ててもらいます。大体２〜４日計算しておくと良いかと思います。
2．ペチコートショップで、サリーにあったペチコートを買う必要があります。
ADVICE & GUIDE
1. Stitched Pleats
I recommend foreigners to have their saris be stitched beforehand. It’ll save your time to wear it later and also makes it much easier. The storekeeper might not ask you. If they don’t, ask them if they would stitch pleats for you. The cost is not much.
1．プリーツの縫い付け
頼むと、プリーツを予め縫ってくれますので、そうしてもらう事をお勧めします。後で着る時に楽ですし、時間も省けます。お店の方が訊いてくれないかもしれないので、自分から訊ねると良いかと思います。縫い賃は非常にお安いです。
2. Blouse
Blouses are usually tailor-made with the same fabric as the sari. It is usually made at the store. At Sakhi, an in-store tailor will come and measure you at the time of your purchase. When the blouse is done, you can pick it up from the store or if you request, or they will deliver the blouse to you as well. The cost for tailoring a blouse was about 2,000 Rs (about US$30+).
Additional Information
You will be asked if you would like your blouse to be padded. You don’t have to wear a bra if they are padded which is nice.
Tailors tend to make blouses really tight. You might want to tell your tailor to make it not too tight. I have a difficult time taking it off…
2．ブラウス
ブラウスは、サリーと同じ生地で作ります。大概サリーのお店でやってもらえます。サクヒーでは、サリーを買うと決まってから、お店所属のテーラーさんが来て来てサイズを計ってくれます。ブラウスが出来上がると、サイズが気になる場合は、自分で取りに行くことも出来ますし、またはお店が届けてくれるそうです。ブラウスの仕立て代は2000ルピーでした（約３０００円くらい）
追加情報
ブラウスに胸パッドを入れるかと訊かれると思います。いれてもらうと、ブラをしないで着れ、楽です。
テーラーさんはブラウスを体にタイトに作る傾向があります。計り方で体にタイトそうだ思ったら、もう少しゆるくするように言及することをお勧めします。私のブラウスはかなりきつく、脱ぐのが一苦労です。
Front
Back
The storekeeper might ask you if you would like accessories, which is additional cost. I like the look of them, so I am glad I have the strings made with accessories.
お店の方が、ひもにアクセサリーが欲しいかと訊ねるかもしれません。料金は別です。紐にアクセサリーがあると背中が可愛いので、私はやってもらいました。
3. Sari Petticoat
After you pick your sari and make a payment, try to ask if they can give a small corner of your sari fabric for you to take to the petticoat shop. (Since you need to leave your sari at the store for your blouse to be made, you will not have your sari with you when you buy a petticoat.) With a small scrap of your sari fabric, the petticoat shop keeper finds you a petticoat that matches with your sari. There are S, M, and L sizes. There is no place to try it on, so I just wore it above my jeans to see if the size works for me or not. I got mine near Sakhi, which is indicated in the map below. It was 200 Rs (about US$3)
Please see the map below for the store location.
3．サリー用ペチコート
サリーを決めた後、お金を払う時点で、ペチコートを買うためにサリーの生地の端を切ってもらえないかと訊くと良いです。（ブラウスを作ってもらうので、購入後お店を出る際、サリーの生地はお店に置いて行く事になります。）購入したサリーの小さな布切れを持って、ペチコート屋へと向かいます。ペチコート屋では、その布切れを元に、あったペチコートの色を探してくれます。試着室など無いので、ジーンズの上から試着してサイズを見ました。私が購入した場所は、サクヒーから近い場所です。ペチコートは２００ルピー（300円）でした。
ペチコート屋さんは、下の地図を参考にして下さい。
4. Jewelry
You might want to buy jewelry that will go with your sari. Indian jewelry looks much better with saris than western jewelry. It’s very inexpensive, so you might as well get some. I recommend the shop my friend, Rachel took me to buy my jewelry as they were quite friendly and not pushy at all. The shopkeeper helped me with the combination of my bangles. I bought my bindi at the same store. I also listed other bindi shops which sell cheap ones in the map below.
4．ジュエリー
サリーにあったジュエリーを購入する事をお勧めします。インドのジュエリーはさすがサリーに合うように出来ているので、西洋のジュエリーより似合います。安いので気軽に買えます。私の友人がお勧めしてくれたお店は、店員さんがフレンドリーだった上、押し付けてこなかったので、買いやすかったです。お店の方が私のバングルの組み合わせを考えてくれました。同じお店でビンディーも買いました。他にも安くビンディーが買える店があるので、下の地図を参考にして下さい。
My picks
You can mix and match with different bangles.
バングルは、他の種類や色と組み合わせるのも楽しいですよ。
4. Sandals
If you have already sandals that might go with the sari, you don’t need to buy a new pair. I wanted to get a new pair of sandals to go with my specific sari. For shoe shopping, though, I recommend Linking Road. However, if you would like to get a pair in Santacruz, I liked a shoe shop inside Mahavir Silver Point. Please check the map below for its location.
4．サンダル
サリーに合いそうであれば、既に手持ちのもので良いかと思います。私が自分のサリーに合うものが欲しかったので、買いました。靴の買い物は、リンキング・ロードの方が良いと感じました。ただ、サンタクルズに既にいて、ついでに靴も買ってしまいたいということであれば、真はビールシルバーポイントの中にある靴屋さんは結構良かったです。
ADDITIONAL SHOPPING INFORMATION IN THE AREA
1. Friendship Sari
Friendship Sari Shop is a big three-story Indian costume store. It seems to be a popular place for sari shopping. I found a gray one that I liked at Friendship Store, but the price and design at Sakhi suit better for me.
2. Interior Home Store
The interior shop across the street from Sakhi seemed good for curtains, carpets, bedding, some home decor and furniture fabrics.
3. Mahavir Home Store
The Home Store in Mahavir Silver Point is a great place to shop for plates and cups as well as kitchen items with quite reasonable prices. They pretty much have anything you need in your kitchen.
*Locations are listed in the map below.
1．フレンドシップ・サリー
サンタクルズマーケットでは大きな３階建てのサリー屋さん。グレーで良いかなと思うサリーをフレンドシップで見つけましたが、値段とデザインはサクヒーが良かったので、そちらにしました。
2．インテリアのお店
サクヒーのはす向かいに、インテリアショップがありました。カーテン、カーペット、寝具類、飾り、家具用の布など、良さそうな物を買うには良さそうなお店でした。
3．マハビール・ホーム・ストア
良心的な値段で食器類、またはキッチン用品をお探しの場合は、マハビールホームストアがお勧めです。台所用品で必要なものはこのお店で全て揃うかと思います。
＊下の地図にお店の場所を記載してあります。
I hope this helps! Happy Shopping!
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I like color of your saree. Suits you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you have photos of yours in Kimono? 🙂
Thank you!! Mint green is one of my favorite colors! I don’t… I will someday!
Kaho , These jhumkas (earrings looks cool on a long skirt, and sleeveless top too. There are few types of blouse patterns and this one on your blog post is called princess cut blouse also Mention padded blouse sometimes the tailors dont keep the pad . As you know well about the fabrics these are heavy work sarees , you should do dry clean and it is very hot and humid in India . I would advice ladies who sweat a lot to wear arm pads while wearing the saree blouse. they sell it seperate in the saree shop .
Thanks for your advice!
Wow the color is stunning! and sounds like quite an experience.
Thanks! Yes, it was!! It was really fun, too. 🙂
Thanks for sharing Kaho.., nice color chosen ! Suits u very well.
I always love India and bought 2 sarees in Fab India..,not stitched yet..soon i will and share with you !
Peggy, thank you! If you know how to make pleats on your own, you probably won’t need to have your pleats stitched. I would love to see your photo of you wearing a saree! Fabindia is great, isn’t it?
You are so gorgeous Kaho. Love this post! And oh my goodness, those earrings are beautiful too.
Thank you, Kelly!!! You are so sweet to say! Love the earrings. They are fun to wear!
Not a good experience at all! If you want to get tricked into paying MORE, then go here and waste your money. Extremely disappointed in the way the store values its customers. I went there to buy Indian outfits with my two sisters and we all got the same Salwar kameez, however when we were there the person helping us was changing the price tags on the clothes, which we didn’t think of much then while we were there. However, when we came home, we noticed from the receipts that each of us were charged differently for the three same salwars. When we were there, we didn’t check the receipt thinking that we could trust them, but DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE!!! While my salwar was the same as both of my sisters, they were charged much more than I was charged even though all three were the same. Upon calling the management there, he told us to send a picture of each of the salwars and the receipt. That day we even had to catch our flight to USA, and despite that we searched through all our luggage for the salwar and the receipt, but then he told us that the pricetags are different so the price cannot be the same even though all three salwars are EXACTLY the same! He told us to come to the store and show him the pictures of the outfits and receipts in person. So a few hours before my mother’s flight to the US, my mother went to the store and they tell her that nothing could be done since the bar codes are different. Since we live 5 hours away from Mumbai, my mother took the time to go to the store, and that to thinking that it would be worth it, but it clearly was not. Not only do these people lie and trick to you, but they also do not value your time as they enjoy making you run around to clearly get nothing at the end. NEVER WILL SHOP HERE AGAIN and DEFINITELY WILL NOT RECOMMEND THE STORE TO ANYONE!!!
I’m sorry that you had a very negative experience at Sakhi. That sounds terrible. I hope your experience will give a heads-up to others.